Ok, here is what I came up with. It doesn't do autocomplete, but it is a
start.
<binding>
<keyPressed code="ESCAPE" />
<charTyped char="K" />
<command name="setClass"/>
</binding>
<command name="setClass">
<macro>
<sequence>
<command name="prompt"
parameter="Question class"/>
<command name="putAttribute"
parameter="[implicitElement] class %_"/>
</sequence>
</macro>
</command>
I didn't see why I'd need to use the "pass" construct, but maybe that's
for more complex macros that can fail in the middle?
Hussein Shafie wrote:
> Cay Horstmann wrote:
>> I'll have to look at the macro language a bit more.
>>
>> Here is something else that I'd like to have automated. I often need to
>> set the class of an element (for CSS styling). It is a bit tedious to
>> type Ctrl+E cl Down Enter (type name) Enter. It would be really nifty if
>> I could hit, say, Esc K, and get a popup like with the Esc C "insert
>> character". I'd like to pre-populate it with my favorite choices so I
>> get autocomplete. Can I do that?
>
> A trivial 3-line macro (I can write it for you if you insist) can do that:
>
> * see the pass construct
> (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/macro_reference.html)
>
>
> * see command prompt
> (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/prompt.html),
>
> * see command pick
> (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/pick.html)
>
> * see command putAttribute
> (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/putAttribute.html).
>
> The problem is that command prompt requires you to type something and
> that command pick requires you to choose something from a fixed list.
> That is, autocomplete is not supported by these two commands.
>
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