On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 04:48:12PM -0700, Rick Lansky wrote: > My problem is that I have a macro that calls a command and I need to use > the results of the command. I know that I can use the '%_' operator to get > the results of the previously run command, but the problem is that I don't > use the results until several commands later and it is impossible to change > the order of the commands. I've tried copying the results of the command > into the clipboard but I haven't been able to get that to work. Any > suggestions?
I had a similar problem, and was equally stumped until Mr. Shafie suggested the following solution. What you can do is encapsulate the sequence of commands following the command that sets the '%_' variable within a single new command, and pass the '%_' variable to that command as a parameter, so that it will be accessible as '%0' for every command located in the new command. For example (assuming a default namespace of http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/schema/configuration): <command name="trickyCommand"> <macro> <sequence> <command name="somethingThatReturnsACriticalValue"/> <command name="intermediary"/> <command name="needsValueReturnedByFirstCommand"/> </sequence> </macro> </command> Would become: <command name="wrapper"> <macro> <sequence> <command name="intermediary"/> <command name="needsValueReturnedByFirstCommand" parameter="%0"/> </sequence> </macro> </command> <command name="trickyCommand"> <macro> <sequence> <command name="somethingThatReturnsACriticalValue"/> <command name="wrapper" parameter="'%_'"/> </sequence> </macro> </command> If the instance of your problem is more complex than this, you might want to post additional details to the mailing list. Take care, John L. Clark -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/attachments/20040102/ebdfa2e3/attachment.sig
