HOT

Syntax	HOT key, executable_file
Location	TinyToolkit

This command will load the given executable job into memory and start it running from memory each time that the specified key (together with <ALT>) is pressed, so there will not be any need to access the drive, but the code has to be stored twice: once as the code loaded by HOT, and then the job created from that code. Thus it is only practical to load small programs such as system utilities with this command.

Examples

HOT c,FLP1_COLOURS_exe
HOT s,FLP1_tk2flp
HOT "4",FLP1_QED

NOTE 1

Any ALTKEY definitions which use the same hotkeys will be ignored.

NOTE 2

Non-standard machine code cannot be used (Supercharged or Turbo compiled SuperBASIC for instance): the code has to be re-entrant, ie. when the job stops it should disappear. Jobs which relocate themselves, redefine the trap table, change their own code (ie. are not ROMable), or can only be started one at a time, tend to produce system crashes and other problems.

WARNING

Memory used by HOT-loaded programs cannot always be freed for use by SuperBASIC.

CROSS-REFERENCE

CLEAR_HOT clears a hotkey defined with HOT and (hopefully!) returns the occupied memory to QDOS. Use the Hotkey System if you have this available!!