awk Mode

Awk Configuration Component contains highlighting, active strings, menu and tool bar customizations for awk. Here awk means gawk, a GNU implementation which is available through Internet. You can get it from http://www.gnu.org.

Installation

The downloaded ZIP file should be extracted in %b\Config\Awk, where %b usually means

on WinNT/2000/XP working as Administrator or in single user mode, or on Win95/98/Me:: X:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt
on Windows NT/2000/XP working as an ordinary user:: X:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\WinEdt,; X:\WinNT\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\WinEdt
any special directory where you installed WinEdt, for example,: G:\WinEdt.

Now, you have two choices.

no-TeX installation
If you like a menu and toolbar system without TeX/LaTeX interface, then, start WinEdt and run macro, install.edt, via Macros|Execute Macro..., which is in %b\Config\Awk\no-TeX.
The original toolbar as well as menus, Insert and Accessories, will be completely replaced by new ones.
co-TeX installation
If you like a menu and toolbar system combines both awk and TeX/LaTeX interface, then, start WinEdt and run macro, install.edt, via Macros|Execute Macro..., which is in %b\Config\Awk\co-TeX.
A new menu, Awk, and two button icons will be added to the menu system and the toolbar, respectively.

What does it contain?

Highlighting

The highlighted items (switches) are

field variables of the form: $0-9a-zA-Z
strings: "*" or '*'
regular expressions: /?/
function names of the form: func *name* (, or function *name* (

The highlighted items (keywords) are

awk keywords
awk standard functions
awk built-in variables
awk escapes (\n,\t,\r,\S,\s...)

Active Strings

String Action

{{ inserts a block

iff if-else block

whh while block

doo do-while block

foo for (; ;) { } block

fuu inserts the contents of the file %b\Config\Awk\funchead.awk

Insert Menu (for no-TeX Installation)

Item Action

Code Frame Inserts the contents of file %b\Config\Awk\new.awk.

Function Frame Inserts the contents of file %b\Config\Awk\funchead.awk.

Awk functions Grouped by function

Awk built-in variables Grouped by function and similarity

Awk control blocks

Accessories Menu (for no-TeX Installation)

Item Action

Run awk code Runs the awk interpreter 'gawk.exe' (it has to be in your PATH)

Awk help Starts gawk.hlp if it exists. Or, opens text file awk.hlp.

Accessories Menu (for co-TeX Installation)

Item Action

Run awk code Runs the awk interpreter 'gawk.exe' (it has to be in your PATH)

Awk help Starts gawk.hlp if it exists. Or, opens text file awk.hlp.

OS Shell Starts OS shell. If you integrate WinEdt with cygwin, that will start bash shell. Otherwise, a MS DOS Command Prompt window will pop up.
+ The same menu items as Insert Menu for no-TeX Installation.

Download

awk.zip [21 KB]

Mode contributed by Zhongxiao (David) Wang <zwangmail.smu.edu>