ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05) (SCCS 1.2) _______________________________________________________________________________ xa {-f <topathname> | [-l] <toname>} {-f <frompathname> | <fromname>} "Append one paste buffer to another" DESCRIPTION: 'xa' appends the contents of one paste buffer to another. This is useful in building key definitions which build command files from parts. PARAMETERS -l Use a "local only" paste buffer. This works like a normal paste buffer except that the X server does not get involved and the contents of the paste buffer are not saved in a file upon termination. This improves performance and disables the copying of data between different windows. It avoids any unwanted interactions between windows. This argument only applies to the. target (first) paste buffer -f <path> The positional argument following -f is a path name rather than an X paste buffer name. The -f argument can be applied to the first paste buffer name, the second paste buffer name, or both. <name> Name of the X paste buffer. The first name is the target. The contents of the second paste buffer is appended to the first. EXAMPLES: The click on a file key definition (m3) could be written: kd m3 sic;/[^-a-zA-Z._@$0-9\\/\\\~]/dr; ?[^-a-zA-Z._@$0-9\\/\\\\~]?;/./xc -l cv_file; xl -l cvcmd "cv '";xa -l cvcmd cv_file;xl -l -a cvcmd "'";cmdf -p cvcmd ke A more typical example would be to use *m2 to grab a word (The author uses this as his normal m2) and then use the key definition: kd ^1 xl -l rename "pn -";xa -l rename PRIMARY;cmdf -p rename ke This would allow you to grab the name of a file and then rename the current file to that name. RELATED HELP FILES: ! (bang ) xc (Copy ) xd (Cut ) xl (Copy Literal) xp (Paste) regionsCon (marking regions) pastebufCon (Paste buffers) support (customer support) _______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2005, Robert Styma Consulting. All rights reserved.