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This page provides a reference to the macro commands available for the editor. These commands are broken down into the following types.

• Editor commands are by far the most complex and give the user a great deal of flexibility for adding to the functionality of the Prism Editor.
• Log commands allow the user to process information from the current file into a log file.
• Filter commands allow the user to filter information in the current file.
• Shell commands allow the user to interact with other programs.
• Misc commands are other commands.

Special Prism Variables can be used in conjunction with these commands

Editing Commands

These commands allow the user to perform very fine editing and navigation. A complete list of commands follows. The prefix CMD precedes editing commands.
 
 

Command	Description	Parameters
CMDAPPENDNEXTCUT	Adds the next cut text to end of the Clipboard.
CMDBOOKMARKCLEARALL	Clears all bookmarks in the window.
CMDBOOKMARKJUMPTOFIRST	Moves to the first line containing a bookmark.
CMDBOOKMARKJUMPTOLAST	Moves to the last line containing a bookmark.
CMDBOOKMARKNEXT	Moves to the line containing the next bookmark.
CMDBOOKMARKPREV	Moves to the line containing the previous bookmark.
CMDBOOKMARKTOGGLE	Toggles a bookmark for the current line on and off.
CMDCHARLEFT	Moves the cursor one character to the left.
CMDCHARLEFTEXTEND	Extends the selection one character to the left.
CMDCHARRIGHT	Moves the cursor one character to the right.
CMDCHARRIGHTEXTEND	Extends the selection one character to the right.
CMDCHARTRANSPOSE	Swap characters around the insertion point.
CMDCOPY	Copies the selection to the Clipboard.
CMDCUT	Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
CMDCUTSELECTION	Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
CMDDELETE	Deletes the selection.
CMDDELETEBACK	Deletes the selection or, if there is no selection, the character to the left of the cursor.
CMDDELETEBLANKLINES	Deletes the blank lines adjacent to the cursor.
CMDDELETEHORIZONTALSPACE	Deletes the spaces and tabs around the cursor.
CMDDOCUMENTEND	Moves to the end of the file.
CMDDOCUMENTENDEXTEND	Extends the selection to the end of the file.
CMDDOCUMENTSTART	Moves to the beginning of the file.
CMDDOCUMENTSTARTEXTEND	Extends the selection to the beginning of the file.
CMDEND	Moves to the end of the current line, bottom of the text window, or end of the file.
CMDFIND	Finds the specified text.
CMDFINDMARKALL	Finds the specified text and sets a bookmark at the found locations.
CMDFINDNEXT	Finds the next occurrence of the specified text.
CMDFINDNEXTWORD	Finds the next occurrence of the selected text.
CMDFINDPREV	Finds the previous occurrence of the specified text.
CMDFINDPREVWORD	Finds the previous occurrence of the selected text.
CMDFINDREPLACE	Displays the find & replace dialog box.
CMDGOTOINDENTATION	Moves to the end of the indentation.
CMDGOTOLINE	Moves to a user-specified line.	The zero-based line number to jump to. If –1, the user is prompted.
CMDGOTOMATCHBRACE	Finds the matching brace.
CMDHOME	Moves to either the start of the current line or the start of the text on that line.
CMDHOMEEXTEND	Extends the selection to either the start of the current line or the start of the text on that line.
CMDINDENTSELECTION	Indents the selected text right one tab stop.
CMDINDENTTOPREV	Indents to the position of the next text on the previous line.
CMDINSERTCHAR	Inserts a character at the current location.	The character to insert.
CMDLINECUT	Deletes the selected lines and places the text on the clipboard.
CMDLINEDELETE	Deletes the selected line.
CMDLINEDELETETOEND	Deletes to the end of the current line.
CMDLINEDELETETOSTART	Deletes to the beginning of the current line.
CMDLINEDOWN	Moves the cursor down one line.
CMDLINEDOWNEXTEND	Extends the selection down one line.
CMDLINEEND	Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
CMDLINEENDEXTEND	Extends the selection to the end of the current line.
CMDLINEOPENABOVE	Opens a new line above the cursor.
CMDLINEOPENBELOW	Opens a new line below the cursor.
CMDLINESTART	Moves to the start of the current line.
CMDLINETRANSPOSE	Swaps current and previous lines.
CMDLINEUP	Moves the cursor up one line.
CMDLINEUPEXTEND	Extends the selection up one line.
CMDLOWERCASESELECTION	Makes the selection all lowercase.
CMDNEWLINE	Inserts a new-line character at the current location.
CMDPAGEDOWN	Moves the cursor down one page.
CMDPAGEDOWNEXTEND	Extends the selection down one page.
CMDPAGEUP	Moves the cursor up one page.
CMDPAGEUPEXTEND	Extends the selection up one page.
CMDPARADOWN	Moves to the beginning of the next paragraph.
CMDPARAUP	Moves to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
CMDPASTE	Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.
CMDREDO	Redoes the previously undone action.
CMDREDOCHANGES	Redoes the last action, ignoring movement commands.
CMDREPLACE	Replaces the first occurrence of the find text after the current position with the replace text and finds the next occurrence of the find text.
CMDREPLACEALLINBUFFER	Replaces the find text with the replace text in the entire buffer.
CMDREPLACEALLINSELECTION	Replaces the find text with the replace text in the selection.
CMDSELGET	Stores the current selection
CMDSELECTAREA	Selects the text between the current selection and a previously saved selection (CMDSELGET)
CMDSELECTALL	Selects the entire document.
CMDSELECTLINE	Selects lines of text.
CMDSELECTPARA	Selects the current paragraph.
CMDSELECTSWAPANCHOR	Swaps the anchor and the cursor in a selection.
CMDSELSET	Sets the current selection to a previously stored value.
CMDSENTENCECUT	Deletes the remainder of the sentence.
CMDSENTENCELEFT	Moves to the beginning of the previous sentence.
CMDSENTENCERIGHT	Moves to the beginning of the next sentence.
CMDSETFINDTEXT	Sets the text to search for in subsequent find commands.	The text to search for.
CMDSETREPEATCOUNT	Sets the repeat count for the next command.	The desired repeat count. If 0, the user is prompted.
CMDSETREPLACETEXT	Sets the text to substitute for the find text in subsequent find & replace commands.	The text that replaces the find text.
CMDTABIFYSELECTION	Replaces spaces with tabs in the selection.
CMDTOGGLECASESENSITIVE	Toggles case sensitive searching on and off.
CMDTOGGLEOVERTYPE	Toggles between inserting and replacing text.
CMDTOGGLEPRESERVECASE	Toggles intelligent case preservation when replacing text.
CMDTOGGLEWHITESPACEDISPLAY	Shows or hides whitespace indicators.
CMDTOGGLEWHOLEWORD	Toggles whole word searching on and off.
CMDUNDO	Undoes the last action.
CMDUNDOCHANGES	Undoes the last action, ignoring movement commands.
CMDUNINDENTSELECTION	Indents the selected text left one tab stop.
CMDUNTABIFYSELECTION	Replaces tabs with spaces in the selection.
CMDUPPERCASESELECTION	Makes the selection all uppercase.
CMDWINDOWEND	Moves to the bottom of the text window.
CMDWINDOWLEFTEDGE	Moves to the left edge of the text window.
CMDWINDOWRIGHTEDGE	Moves to the right edge of the text window.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLDOWN	Scrolls the file contents down one line.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLLEFT	Scrolls the window to the left.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLRIGHT	Scrolls the window to the right.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLTOBOTTOM	Scrolls the line to the bottom of the window.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLTOCENTER	Scrolls the line to the center of the window.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLTOTOP	Scrolls the line to the top of the window.
CMDWINDOWSCROLLUP	Scrolls the file contents up one line.
CMDWINDOWSTART	Moves to the top of the text window.
CMDWORDCAPITALIZE	Makes the first character uppercase.
CMDWORDDELETETOEND	Deletes a word to the right.
CMDWORDDELETETOSTART	Deletes a word to the left.
CMDWORDENDLEFT	Moves backward to the end of the previous word.
CMDWORDENDLEFTEXTEND	Extends the selection backward to the end of the previous word.
CMDWORDENDRIGHT	Moves forward to the end of the next word.
CMDWORDENDRIGHTEXTEND	Extends the selection forward to the start of the next word.
CMDWORDLEFT	Moves backward to the start of the previous word.
CMDWORDLEFTEXTEND	Extends the selection backward to the start of the previous word.
CMDWORDLOWERCASE	Makes the current word lowercase.
CMDWORDRIGHT	Moves forward to the start of the next word.
CMDWORDRIGHTEXTEND	Extends the selection forward to the start of the next word.
CMDWORDTRANSPOSE	Swaps the current and previous words.
CMDWORDUPPERCASE	Makes the current word uppercase.

Log Commands
These commands are used to manipulate the log file. The logfile can also be manipulated by using the LOGEDIT focus command. This allows all editing actions to be performed on the log file.
 

Command	Description	Parameters
LOGSAVE	This copies all the bookmarked lines to the log file. This is usually used with a find/markall.	[Filename] - Name of file to save as.
LOGEDIT	This sets the focus for Editor commands. All future editing commands are carried out on the log file. The focus is reversed with NORMALEDIT command.
LOGINSERTFILE	This sets the focus for Editor commands. All future editing commands are carried out on the log file. The focus is reversed with NORMALEDIT command.	[Filename] - Name of file to insert at current position in logfile.
LOGCOLOR	Sets the color of the logfile to the active language.
LOGTOTEXT	Copies the text of the logfile to the current active window.
ECHO	Write text to the log file.	Any text after echo can be copied. A ; is used to prohibit a Carriage Return.

Filter Commands
 
 

Command	Description	Parameters
USAGE [Params] <Search String>	This command allows complex filtering of a file. It is similar to the UNIX 'grep' command and has extra features. By default this filter will generate a list of lines that contain the search string. This search is not case sensitive, does not search commands and includes line numbers in the output. Example USAGE clk This will filter any lines with the word CLK, clk (etc) that are not found in comments and report them to the log file, including the line numbers.	-SC : If this is included in the command line, the filter will search in comments. Default is  not to search comments -CS : Make the filter case sensitive. Default is not case sensitive -C : Counts and reports the count, not the lines. -B : Does not invoke logfile, but bookmarks the lines in the current window. The -HL option is ignored with this. -V : Reverse the filter, report lines that do not match the search string. This may need to be used with the -SC option. -HL : Hide the lines numbers. 'Usage' normally reports lines numbers. <Search String>. This is everything after the space after the last parameter.

Shell Command
 

Command	Description	Parameters
SHELL <Command>	This runs a command from the DOS prompt. This is normally used with Prism Variables to manipulate or process the current file.   Example SHELL comile_it $Filename Would run the program compile it on the current file being edited.	<Command> The command to run at the DOS prompt

 

MISC Commands

Command	Description	Parameters
NORMALEDIT	This sets the focus for Editor commands. All future editing commands are carried out on the current file. This is the default focus for every macro.
LOGEDIT	This sets the focus for Editor commands. All future editing commands are carried out on the log file. The focus is reversed with NORMALEDIT command.
FILEINFO	This prints information about the current file to the logfile. This includes file size, save date and %comments.