"Huegel, Thomas" wrote: >I have a simple question about a XEDIT macro.
>I have a macro that does a locate and select on some lines and then >displays the selected lines. >My question, is there a way to find the number of lines that have been >selected without counting them as I select them? >EXTRACT '/selectedlines/' doesn't seem to exist.. As others have noted, extract /nbscope is the right answer. I've had a short macro called ALLSIZE for 25 years: /* ALLSIZE XEDIT -- Show number of lines displayed after ALL and friends. No operands are needed or checked for. */ 'COMMAND EXTRACT/NBSCOPE' if nbscope.1 = 0 then nbscope.1 = 'No' if nbscope.1 = 1 then 'COMMAND MSG 1 line is currently displayed.' else 'COMMAND MSG' nbscope.1 'lines are currently displayed.' -30- I use this in conjunction with TALL (Toggle ALL), TN (go to next selected line, even when viewing entire file after TALL), TU, ALSO, et al. This is one of the many areas where XEDIT's power shines! ...phsiii
