macros resource

Type	Default	Option
string

Defines a set of macros for use by the Macro() action and by the Macros menu in x3270, c3270 (new in 4.1) and wc3270 (new in 4.1).

Macros can be defined in one of two ways. The macros resource defines a set of default macros. The macros.host resource defines a set of named macros for use when connected to that host. It overrides macros.

Each definition is a multi-line resource. Each line looks like:

macro-name: Action...

Examples

Define two named macros for use when connected to any host:

x3270.macros: \
 rehash: String(rehash) Enter()\n\
 Re-format text: String(":s/hello/there/g") Enter()

Define three named macros for use when connected to the host myhost.mycompany.com:

x3270.macros.myhost.mycompany.com: \
 dologin: String(user1) Tab() String(secret) Enter()\n\
 runjob: String("submit myjob2") Enter()\n\
 logoff: String("logoff\n")

Version history

The macros menu was added to x3270 3.0.2 in 1994.