Q50223: Printing Double Quotation Marks from within an M Editor Macro

Article: Q50223
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00 1.02 | 1.00 1.02
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 30-NOV-1989

To get double quotation marks ("") printed from within a macro in the
M Editor, use the backslash key (\) followed by the double quotation
marks (""). The following example (placed in the correct section of
the TOOLS.INI file) demonstrates how this is done:

   text:=arg "say \"hello\"" paste
   text:alt+z

In this case, pressing ALT+Z inserts the following string into your
text, with the double quotation marks around the word hello.

   say "hello"

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