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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
- 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
- Migrate and Transfer Custom Settings and Files
- Index
Create a Pull-Down Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Create a Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Create Submenus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Reference Pull-Down or Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . 288
Swap and Insert Pull-Down Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Quick Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rollover Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Temporary Override Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Double Click Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Overview of Double Click Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Double Click Action Object Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Examples of Double Click Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Mouse Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Overview of Mouse Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Accept Coordinate Entry in Button Menus . . . . . . . . . 334
Legacy Interface Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Create Tablet Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Customize Tablet Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Create Image Tile Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Load an AutoLISP File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Customize Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Overview of Workspace Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Control User Interface Elements Outside the CUI Editor . . . . . 357
Control User Interface Elements in the CUI Editor . . . . . . . . 360
Control the Appearance of Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Transfer and Migrate Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Chapter 5
DIESEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Customize the Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Overview of the MODEMACRO System Variable . . . . . . . . . 387
Set MODEMACRO Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Set MODEMACRO with AutoLISP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
DIESEL Expressions in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Catalog of DIESEL Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
+ (addition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
- (subtraction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
* (multiplication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
/ (division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
= (equal to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
< (less than) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
> (greater than) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
!= (not equal to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
<= (less than or equal to) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
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