Re: [Fwd: Re: inserting spaces for a tab from sLisp]

[Arnold W. <awi...@te...>]

Thiago F.G. Albuquerque wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Arnold Wiegert wrote:
> 

>>> One possible solution to this would be to create a new sLisp command, 
>>> e.g. (GetTabSize). But currenlty, there is no such thing.
>>>
>> Since it appears that lisp functions such as cmcNewLine use smart
>> indenting, I expected/hoped that the other 'features' such as tab/space
>> replacement etc. should also be taken into account.
> 
> 
> I agree with you. 'cmcNewLine' is the command assigned to <enter>, but 
> there is no similar command for <tab> -- and this is the source of the 
> problem you're facing. The creation of this command is a better solution 
> than the one I proposed in the other message ((GetTabSize)).
> 
This would involve a lot more code, though, on the macro side than 
having text entered via these 'macros' obeying the same rules as text 
entered from the keyboard ;-)

> A remark:
> 
> 'cmcNewLine' is not a sLisp function: it's an editor command.
> 
> Even before there was a scripting language in SETEDIT, the user could 
> record and playback "macros": each command has a name, and as the 
> commands are executed, they are saved in some sort of buffer, so they 
> can be undone, recorded, and played back.
> 
> Ok. Then came sLisp. Although sLisp functions are also called "macros", 
> this is a bad name choice, because this is a completely different 
> mechanism.
> 

This was long before my time ;-) but it is good to know some of the 
background and history. Thank you.

Arnold