In this post I will show you how to create several
glossary entries
that enable you to perform an
action
repeatedly.
This is the so-called
Pick Loop Method
and it can be used for litterally any
action
likely to be repeated.
Here, using this method, we will create a set of 4 entries to scroll down repeatedly.
The goal is that by mimicking this example,
hopefully you should be able to create other sets of entries to perform other actions repeatedly.
Step 1: Create the action snippet for the action that you will want to repeat
As a first step you open the
Snippet Glossary
in the
Glossary Viewer
and add a
snippet
that contains the
action
to be repeated.
To implement the
scroll down action
we use the
Scroll Wheel Command.
Don't forget the no
no spacing directive
as we don't want the
expansion
to produce an unnecessary space at the end.
As you can see we have given this
snippet
a meaningful
name
and
display form
that indicates what
action
it performs.
Step 2: Create the action loop snippet
Then we create the
action loop snippet:
This
snippet
will be
referenced
in the next 2 entries that we will create.
What does it do?
-
{Snippet}scroll-down{/Snippet}
will scroll down once and
-
{Pick}scroll-down-again{/Pick}
will propose to scroll down again as a pick choice.
Step 3: Create a pick list that proposes the action again
Now we create the
pick list
that proposes the action again.
It has only one choice and it simply references the previously created
action loop snippet.
Step 4: Create an expansion glossary to produce the action repeatedly
Finally we create the
expansion glossary entry
with the dedicated short form of our choice.
It also simply references the previously created
action loop snippet
Practically, you will start a scroll down loop by expanding this entry:
Upon expanding dd the document will be scrolled down once and the
expansion table
will display a
pick choice
that enables you to scroll down again:
At that point, if you want to continue scrolling further down,
you will do so by hitting your marker key
(or space bar for those who expand with the space bar)
in a loop, until you have scrolled down enough.
The
expansion table
will always propose to scroll again.
So you may wonder, how do I stop this loop?
Simply by ignoring the displayed
pick choice
when you are done, and continue typing whatever you want to.
The fact that the
expansion table
displays a
pick choice
does not mean that you mandatorily need to pick something. :-)