Auto Mode

ZIP File	Windows 9x SFX	Windows NT SFX
WinEdt_AutoMode.zip (10 K)	WinEdt_AutoMode_9x.exe (36 K)	WinEdt_AutoMode_NT.exe (36 K)
Last update on: 17.12.2001

About

Lot of people are writing multi-mode projects, i.e. files of different modes are opened in one project. For example HTML and CSS, HTML and Perl (CGI) or LaTeX and HTML. While editing a user can choose a mode specific layout (tool bar and menus [Insert, Accessories and Help]) but this way editing is comfortable only in "main" mode, in others you have to manage yourself.

One way of overcoming this problem is to append a second mode menu to "main" menu. But what if you are working with 5 mode files?

AutoMode changes the layout (tool bar and menus [Insert, Accessories and Help]) automatically according to definitions found in %b\Config\AutoMode\modes.edt. This way you can work on a LaTeX file (and have all the LaTeX mode benefits) and move to a HTML file and have HTML tool bar and HTML Insert, Accessories and Help menu. When you click back you have a LaTeX layout again. It may cause a little flickering on the screen but this is the price of comfortable editing. Also it can be easily turned off.

Installation

The contents of a ZIP file should be extracted in %b\Config\AutoMode directory. Note that %b is different from %B. While %B always means the WinEdt program directory (usually it is C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt) %b means:

on Windows 95/98/Me:: equals %B
(usually it is C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt)
on Windows NT/2000/XP working as Administrator (or single user mode):: equals %B
(usually it is C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt)
on Windows NT/2000/XP working as an ordinary user:: equals <userprofile>\Application Data\WinEdt
(usually it is C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\WinEdt or C:\WinNT\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\WinEdt)

To make this easier this macro component is distributed in three packages:

Plain ZIP file WinEdt_AutoMode.zip for general purpose. Unzip it to %b\Config\AutoMode and execute install.edt
Self extracting ZIP file with installer WinEdt_AutoMode_9x.exe for users that are using Windows 9x/Me or Windows NT/2000/XP as Administrator. By default the installer sets the target directory to C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt\Config\AutoMode After installation the Explorer opens in the target directory allowing you to open install.edt in WinEdt and execute it via Macros|Execute Macro...|install.edt
Self extracting ZIP file with installer WinEdt_AutoMode_NT.exe for users that are using Windows NT/2000/XP as an ordinary user. By default the installer sets the target directory to <userprofile>\Application Data\WinEdt\Config\AutoMode (usually C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\WinEdt\Config\AutoMode or C:\WinNT\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\WinEdt\Config$name). After installation the Explorer opens in the target directory allowing you to open install.edt in WinEdt and execute it via Macros|Execute Macro...|install.edt

What does it contain?

After installation a menu Options|Auto Mode (Figure 1) is added. Using it you can

Add Mode

Add new mode definition

Remove mode

Remove one of the existing defintions

Edit default mode

Set the default mode (this mode will be applied when none of the defined modes is matched)

Enable Auto Mode

Enable automode

Disable Auto Mode

Sometimes you would like to disable it :-)

Adding a mode

Choose Options|Auto Mode|Add Mode
Enter a mode. Be careful to enter an existing mode! (Figure 2)
Enter a macro to execute for that mode (Figure 3) or leave it blank for browse (Figure 4)
That's it

Removing a mode

Choose Options|Auto Mode|Remove Mode
Choose a mode from the list (Figure 5)
Confirm the deletion (Figure 6)
The mode is deleted

Setting the default mode

Choose Options|Auto Mode|Edit Default Mode

Enter a new default mode, current default mode is shown by default (Figure 7)

Mode contributed by D Stancer (denis@srce.hr)