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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
The next example uses the same DIESEL expression as the label and a portion
of the menu item. It provides a practical way to enter the current day and
date into a drawing.
$(edtime,$(getvar,date),DDD", "D MON YYYY)^C^Ctext +
\\\ $M=$(edtime,$(getvar,date),DDD", "D MON YYYY);
Also, you can use a DIESEL macro to mark pull-down menu labels or make
them unavailable. The following pull-down menu label displays an unavailable
ERASE while a command is active. The text is displayed normally when a
command is not active.
$(if,$(getvar,cmdactive),~)ERASE
You can use a similar approach to place a mark beside a pull-down menu item
or to interactively change the character used for the mark.
Quick Reference
System Variables
MENUECHO
Sets menu echo and prompt control bits.
USERS1-5
Provides storage and retrieval of text string data.
Catalog of DIESEL Functions
Status retrieval, computation, and display are performed by DIESEL functions.
All functions have a limit of 10 parameters, including the function name itself.
If this limit is exceeded, you get a DIESEL error message.
+ (addition)
Returns the sum of the numbers val1, val2, …, val9.
$(+, val1 [, val2, …, val9])
If the current thickness is set to 5, the following DIESEL string returns 15.
$(+, $(getvar,thickness),10)
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