The cn macro expands cn to Console.Writeln(“”) and demonstrates simple caret control codes by positioning the caret inside the quotation marks.
The definition in the macros.txt file is:
cn
Console.Writeln{(}””{)}{LEFT 2}The definition contains three places where characters are surrounded by braces.
Each parenthesis must be enclosed in braces, because each has a special meaning. The macro expansion feature is alerted that these characters are to be part of the expansion rather than using their special meaning.
Note:
Switching off the special meaning of a character, when it is enclosed in braces, is called quoting.
The {LEFT 2} expression at the end of the macro definition, means move the caret left two characters, as if the left-arrow had been pressed twice. These caret control codes may be placed anywhere within the macro definition and are executed as they are located.
See Macro Control Codes, for a complete list of caret control codes.