# /grab

Usage:

/GRAB text

This command puts text into the input buffer. It is not really useful from the normal command line, but is quite useful when called from a macro to redefine macros, or perhaps when bound to a key to speed up part of a line (macros allow you to largely do what this would allow, however). Any text already in the input buffer is discarded.

Example:

      /def reedit = /grab /edit %1 = $%1

If you had previously done "`/def flail = :flails at his keyboard`", the command "`/reedit flail`" would place "`/edit flail = :flails at his keyboard`" in the input buffer and allow you to edit it using the editing keys. See "evaluation" for details on how macros like this work.

See: /input, general

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