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Special characters used in macros
DescriptionCharacter
Turns Grid on or off (equivalent to Control-G)^G
Issues Backspace^H
Turns Ortho on or off^O
Turns MENUECHO on or off^P
Echoes all prompts, status listings, and input to the printer^Q
Turns command versioning on or off. Command versioning is required
for some commands to ensure command macros written in an older
release work properly in the latest release.
^R
Turns tablet on or off (equivalent to Control-T)^T
Changes the current viewport^V
Null character that suppresses the automatic addition of Spacebar at
the end of a command
^Z
Quick Reference
Commands
CUI
Manages the customized user interface elements in the product.
TEXT
Creates a single-line text object.
Pause for User Input in Macros
To accept input from the keyboard or pointing device in the middle of a
command, place a backslash (\) in the macro at the point where you want
input.
circle \1
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