Re: AE* expand*

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from cld@xxxxxxxx on Fri, 11 Apr 2008
14:47:53 +0000


> Too bad there is no provision for passing arguments
> to the frames.

And too bad the "?X" commands only work on the CMline (BC ...
XC), not in BlindExecute commands (BX ... Q2) -- you have to
disturb the command line (or save it and restore it, which is
easy enough of course, but prolix). Fact is, almost all of the
commands in the MeNU file eventually run a routine in the DiaLoG
file, so in programming you can usually go straight to the DLG
version and bypass MNU altogether. The DLG equivalent of
CCFONTS (the font listing) is "TYSPEC".

CCFONTS is a little different natively, though: it uses one of
the many 'special lists', "?fo" -- list all FOnts. To see what
I'm talking about using your fingers: Menu ==> Format ==>
Typeface (or func "SH mf").

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Robert Holmgren
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