PAGELINER2 ALPHABETICAL MACRO INDEX
save
saveas
selectword
selectparagraph
selectall
Clears the current text article.
clear (no parameters)
Example:
clear
Closes the current text article.
close (no parameters)
Example:
close
Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
copy (no parameters)
Example:
copy
Moves the insertion point one character.
cursor <UP | DOWN | LEFT | RIGHT>
UP moves the insertion point up one line.
DOWN moves the insertion point down one line.
LEFT moves the insertion point left one character.
RIGHT moves the insertion point right one character.
Example:
cursor right
See also position, next, previous.
Removes the selected text to the clipboard.
cut (no parameters)
Example:
cut
Removes the selected text from the article.
erase (no parameters)
Example:
erase
Finds a text string from the insertion point forward in the current article.
find [string]
string/s The text string to find.
Notes:
If the find string is omitted, the Find requester will open.
Example:
find "ceiling"
Replaces the current occurrence of the text string with the specified string and searches for the next occurrence.
findchange <fstring rstring>
fstring/s The text string to find.
rstring/s The text string to replace with.
Example:
find "ceiling" "cieling"
Finds the next occurrence of the last searched for string, from the insertion point forward in the current article.
findndext (no parameters)
Example:
findnext
Gets the selected text.
getarea (no parameters)
Results:
The selected text will be stored in the RESULT variable. Carriage returns will be inserted into the text as \\n.
Example:
getarea say result
Queries PageLiner to find if an article is open.
getarticle <name>
name/s The name of the article to check.
Errors:
Returns 10 to RC if the article is not open.
Example:
getarticle pagestream3:readme.now if rc~=0 then say 'Article is open.' else say 'Article is not open!'
Displays the help system.
help (no parameters)
Example:
help
Inserts a text file at the insertion point.
insert [filepath]
filepath/f The filename and path of the text file to insert.
Notes:
If the filepath is omitted, the ASL file requester will open.
Example:
insert 'PageStream3:Text/Report.text'
Opens a text window for a new text article.
new (no parameters)
Example:
new
Moves the insertion point to the next word or paragraph.
next <WORD | PARAGRAPH>
WORD moves the insertion point to the next word.
PARAGRAPH moves the insertion point to the next paragraph.
Example:
next word
See also position, cursor, previous.
Opens a text window for the selected text article.
open [filepath]
filepath/f The filename and path of the text file to open.
Notes:
If the filepath is omitted, the ASL file requester will open.
Example:
open 'PageStream3:Text/Report.text'
Pastes the text in the clipboard at the insertion point.
paste (no parameters)
Example:
paste
Moves the insertion point.
position <BOV | EOV | BOL | EOL | BOA | EOA>
BOV moves to the top of the screen.
EOV moves to the bottom of the screen.
BOL moves to the beginning of the line.
EOL moves to the end of the line.
BOA moves to the top of the article.
EOA moves to the end of the article.
Example:
position bol
See also cursor, next, previous.
Moves the insertion point to the previous word or paragraph.
previous <WORD | PARAGRAPH>
WORD moves the insertion point to the previous word.
PARAGRAPH moves the insertion point to the previous paragraph.
Example:
previous paragraph
See also position, next, cursor.
Prints the current article to the Preferences printer.
print (no parameters)
Example:
Quit PageLiner.
quit (no parameters)
Example:
quit
Executes an external ARexx macro.
rx [filepath]
filepath/f The filename and path of the macro to execute.
Example:
rx 'PageStream3:Macros/Test.REXX'
Saves the current text article.
save (no parameters)
Notes:
If the article hasn't been previously saved, this will open an ASL file requester.
Example:
save
Saves the current text article.
save [filepath]
filepath/f is the filename and path of the text file to save.
Notes:
If the article hasn't been previously saved, this will open an ASL file requester.
Example:
saveas 'PageStream3:Text/Work.text'
Selects the word at the insertion point.
selectword (no parameters)
Example:
selectword
Selects the paragraph at the insertion point.
selectparagraph (no parameters)
Example:
selectparagraph
Selects all the text in the article.
selectall (no parameters)
Example:
selectall
Inserts a text string at the insertion point.
text <string>
string/s The text string to insert.
Example:
text 'This is a test.'
Undoes the last cut, erase or paste action.
undo (no parameters)
Example:
undo