Help me with search terms for this forum

redcairo · Post by **redcairo** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:51 pm

I am trying to search the forum to find out how to make macros that will add things "around" selected text, similar to the italic and bold "built-in" macros that textpad has. Unfortunately I have no idea what this kind of thing is called and my macro searching is not going so well. Can someone suggest search terms that might help me? I'm pretty sure I can find the info I'm looking for in this forum--I assume someone has answered the question at least once, and most stuff I need to know, I find with search--I just can't seem to come up with the right phrasing for that kind of thing. Maybe there is a certain 'term' used for that kind of thing and I just don't know it.

Thanks for any guidance,
PJ

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:17 pm

Look in the help under
How To ... | Use the Clip Library

redcairo · Post by **redcairo** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:29 pm

Thanks!

But I think I must have phrased it wrong.

I don't want to know how to USE that library. It is obvious.

I want to know how to MAKE macros that do just that sort of thing. For example say I wanted to make a macro that instead of <I>my selected text</I> which is one of the built-in options, said <span class="highlite1">my selected text</span> or something like that.

I did look at the help files earlier but I didn't see any key word or phrase that seemed to identify these "do things around selected text" macros that might improve my search results. Is any way of describing this that you would use, that has useful terms other than 'macro'?

Best,
PJ

redcairo · Post by **redcairo** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:32 pm

Oh I SEEEE!!!!

Ok THAT first paragraph on that one page made it all clear.

So it's not a macro. It's just called a macro or called by one.

It's actually a "clip-book" with a "hot-spot" which your "current selection" replaces.

Thank you so much!!

PJ