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Tell Function
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Tell («tell»)
Displays the message "Press a key to tell about" and waits
for a keystroke. After you press a key or combination of
keys, Tell brings up the Tell dialog box showing the name of
the key and its assigned function in TOOLS.INI key-assignment
format.
The key-assignment format is:
function:key
If the key is not assigned a function, Tell displays
'unassigned' for the function name.
See: Unassigned
If you press a combination of keys, but Tell still shows the
'Press a key' prompt (when you press SCROLL LOCK, for
example), PWB is unable to recognize that combination of keys
and you cannot use it as a key assignment.
Arg Tell («arg» «tell»)
Prompts for a key, then displays the name of the function or
macro assigned to the key in one of these formats:
function:key
macroname:=definition
Arg <textarg> Tell («arg» <textarg> «tell»)
Displays the value of the macro named by <textarg>. If you
specify a PWB function, Tell displays
function:function
Meta ... Tell
«meta» ... «tell»
As above except Tell types the result into the current file
rather than displaying it in a dialog box. This is how to
discover the definition of any macro, including PWB macros.
Returns
True: Assignment displayed or typed.
False: No assignment for the key or the specified name.
See
Assign, Record
◄Edit menu, Set Record►
◄Edit menu, Record On►
Update
In PWB 1.x, the prompt and results appear on the status bar: in
PWB 2.0, the prompt and results appear in dialog boxes.
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