Conversion Macro Help

[Storm Dragon]

Hi,

I wrote a macro that uses markdown to convert a file written in markdown to html. I wanted it to act as though the file were brand new, so that it would not overwrite the original .md file. Unfortunately, when I add that aspect of the macro, it doesn't work and just leaves me with a blank document. Here is the code:

# Convert current file to html from markdown.

MoveSOF
Mark
MoveEOF
Copy
SaveClip ~/.ne/.tmp.txt
clear
OpenClip ~/.ne/.tmp.txt
MoveSOF
Mark
MoveEOF
Through markdown
System rm -f ~/.ne/.tmp.txt ~/.ne/.tmp.txt.bak

thanks,
Storm

[todd_...@unc.edu]

Add a "Paste" command after the "OpenClip". "Clear" gives you the empty document; you still have to put something into it.

[Storm Dragon]

Hi,

Awesome, thanks for the help. It's always nice when it is something simple like that. Is there a way to keep the current document unmodified and start a new document with the output of the conversion? I tried NewDoc but that just replaces the current document's text and opens a new blank one.

I would really like to have the md contents in document one, and the html text in a second, unnamed document. If that can't be done, the current way is good enough.

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[todd_...@unc.edu]

Seems like there ought to be a way, but there isn't. It's a quirk of how macros are implemented: macros won't operate across multiple documents. I'm sure there was a reason for this decision way back, but it should probably be revisited. Until then, I'm afraid you're stuck doing that part of your workflow manually. Sorry.

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