HOT_GO

Syntax

HOT_GO

Location

HOTKEY II

The Hotkey System II is actually a Job (called HOTKEY) which sits in the background of the QL looking for the user to press the previously defined hotkeys. As many users should be aware, whenever a job is present in the QL’s memory, you cannot access the resident procedure memory (which should be used to install SuperBasic extensions and device drivers for example - see RESPR).

For this reason, the Hotkey System II was designed so that the Hotkey Job would not actually be created until such time as the user was ready - ie. when all of the hotkeys had been defined and everything loaded into the resident procedure memory. Users who have used Toolkit II’s ALTKEY system may have noticed that although they have defined various hotkeys (with HOT_KEY for example), they do not work (or as soon as the Hotkey System II has been loaded, the last line recall does not work). This is because the Hotkey Job has to be started. This is achieved simply by using the command:

HOT_GO

This will start the Hotkey Job which will support all of the currently defined hotkeys, including the Hotkey Stuffer Buffer keys (which can be re-defined by using the program CONFIG on the file HOT_REXT), and the last line recall. If you want to remove the Hotkey Job at any time, you can do so by using the command HOT_STOP, which has the same effect as RJOB ‘Hotkey’. This will not destroy any of the Hotkey definitions and when you enter the command HOT_GO again, they will all be available once again.

CROSS-REFERENCE

RESPR allocates areas of the resident procedure memory.