HOT_TYPE

Syntax

HOT_TYPE (key$)

Location

HOTKEY II

This function is useful to find out the type of hotkey associated with the specified keypress. The values returned by HOT_TYPE are as follows:

  • -8 Hotkey for Last line recall

  • -6 Hotkey for recall previous Stuffer Buffer

  • -4 Hotkey for recall current Stuffer Buffer (HOT_STUFF)

  • -2 Hotkey stuffs a defined string into the keyboard queue (HOT_KEY)

  • 0 Hotkey PICKS SuperBasic and stuffs a command into #0 (HOT_CMD)

  • 2 Hotkey DOES code

  • 4/5 Hotkey executes a Thing (HOT_THING,HOT_RES,HOT_CHP)

  • 6 Hotkey executes a File (HOT_LOAD)

  • 8 Hotkey PICKS a Job (HOT_PICK)

  • 10/11 Hotkey WAKES or executes a Thing (HOT_WAKE, HOT_RES1, HOT_CHP1)

  • 12 Hotkey WAKES or executes a File (HOT_LOAD1)

CROSS-REFERENCE

HOT_NAME$ returns the name of the Thing or the string being accessed.