standard library

When TF is started, commands are loaded from the standard library (%{TFLIBDIR}/stdlib.tf). If the installer has created an optional local library (%{TFLIBDIR}/local.tf), that will also be loaded. Macros defined in the standard library are marked with the invisible option ("-i") so they will not be processed by /list, /save and /purge unless forced. Redefining or undefining such a macro will clear the -i option, so customized macros with the same names as library macros can be created, listed, saved, and purged.

See also: utilities

Filenames:

These macros may be redefined to any filename. LOGFILE contains the default filename used by /log. MACROFILE, HILITEFILE, GAGFILE, TRIGFILE, BINDFILE, HOOKFILE, and WORLDFILE contain the default filenames used by the /load* and /save* families of commands.

List commands:

/listdef spec

equivalent to '/list spec'.

/listhilite spec

lists hilites on spec.

/listgag spec

lists gags on spec.

/listtrig spec

lists triggers on spec.

/listbind spec

lists key bindings matching spec

/listhook spec

lists hooks matching spec.

See: /list

Purge commands:

/purgedef spec

purges macros whose name matches spec

/purgehilite spec

purges macros with hilites on spec

/purgegag spec

purges macros with gags on spec

/purgetrig spec

purges macros with triggers on spec

/purgedeft spec

purges named macros with triggers on spec

/purgebind spec

purges key bindings matching spec.

/purgehook spec

purges hooks matching spec.

See: /purge

Load commands:

/loaddef, /loadhilite, /loadgag, /loadtrig, /loadbind, /loadhook, /loadworld. All take a file argument; if the argument is omitted, the appropriate default filename macro is used.

See: /load

Save commands:

/savedef, /savehilite, /savegag, /savetrig, /savebind, /savehook, /saveworld. All take a file argument. If file is omitted, the appropriate default filename macro is used.

See: /save

File compression:

The helpfile, personal config file, and files read with /load may be stored compressed on disk. If TF can not find a file with the specified name, it will add ${COMPRESS_SUFFIX} to the filename and try to read it by piping it through ${COMPRESS_READ}. ${COMPRESS_READ} should contain the name of a shell command that takes a filename as an argument, and prints its output on standard output. The default values for ${COMPRESS_SUFFIX} and ${COMPRESS_READ} defined in the library are ".Z" and "zcat" for unix, ".zip" and "unzip -p" for os/2. Undefining ${COMPRESS_SUFFIX} will disable this feature. Note: /save, /saveworld, and /log do not write compressed files.

World connection commands:

/retry world [delay]

Try to connect to world; repeat every delay seconds until successful.

/retry_off [world]

Cancels "/retry world" (default: all worlds)

Hilite commands:

/hilite_whisper, /hilite_page, /nohilite_whisper, and /nohilite_page turn on or off hiliting several different page and whisper formats.

Backward compatible commands:

/reply, /act, /nolog, /nologin, /nologme, /noquiet, and /nowrap are provided for compatibility.