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- DKEY documentation
-
-
- DKEY was designed as a very small replacement for Prokey or SuperKey
- type programs. It does not contain many of the bells and whistles of
- these other products, but in it's default configuration it consumes
- only 3.1k of RAM - this includes a 1k macro buffer. Use it in good
- health, and feel free to share unmodified copies.
-
-
- 1) Install the resident portion of DKEY by typing
- DK n
- where n is the size, in kbytes, that you want for the macro
- buffer. If n is not specified, 1k will be allocated for the
- macro buffer. 62k is the maximum allowed.
-
- 2) If DKEY is already resident, it will tell you so.
-
- 3) To display any existing macros, type 'DKEY'. Output may be redirected
- as desired using '>filespec' or '>>filespec' as explained in the DOS
- manual.
-
- 3a) To load a macro file, type 'DKEY filespec'. This invocation erases all
- previous definitions. To load a macro file but maintain the previous
- definitions (merge), type 'DKEY filespec -m'. The existing definitions
- will be maintained except where a key is given a new definition in the
- file being loaded. The merge option indicator may be upper or lower case,
- may occur before or after the filespec. '-' or '/' may be used as the
- option switch.
-
- 4) To define a new macro:
-
- a) Press ^\ (Control backslash) DKEY will announce its
- readiness to accept a definition by printing DKEY:
-
- b) Press the key to be redefined. (Any keystroke that BIOS
- accepts is OK). DKEY will echo your choice & begin accepting
- definition characters. The screen will appear as:
-
- A>DKEY: <^A> = "
-
- c) Enter any series of keystrokes for the definition. Pressing
- RETURN enters a return into the macro and advances to the
- next screen line. The backspace key will allow you to correct
- errors. Note: The display will not backup past the beginning
- of a screen line but keystrokes will continue to be deleted.
-
- d) Terminate the definition by pressing ^\ again.
-
- e) Please note that all this happens "off-line" to any
- program running at the time, including DOS.
-
-
- 5) To redefine a key which already has a macro assigned to it, merely
- repeat the definition process, nothing special is required.
-
- 6) To restore a key to its non-macro state, enter ^\ key ^\
-
- 7) To reset the entire macro table, enter ^\ ^@ ^\
-
- 9) To stop a macro while it is running, press ^\
-
- 0) If you find this program useful, a donation ($10 recommended)
- would be most welcome.
-
- Digital Mechanics
- P.O. Box 1356
- Lombard, IL 60148