outs()
Summary
The outs()
statement emits the contents of a given store to the
current point in the program source.
Syntax
store(store1) ... outs(storeName) ...
... outs(storeName) ... + ... > ...
... > ... outs(storeName) ...
Parameters
storeName
- The name of the store to be emitted.
Description
The outs()
statement simply copies the store storeName
into the
position in which it has been inserted. This can be used in stores, in
the context and the output. If the store to be emitted is a single
character or virtual key, it can also be used in the key part of the
rule.
If a store is a single character, it can also be emitted using the
named constants prefix $
, for example $aleph
.
When using outs()
in the context, the characters in the store are
included in offset counts.
Examples
Example: Using outs()
store(conskeys) "BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ"
store(cons) "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
store(vowelkeys) "AEIOU"
store(vowels) "aeiou"
store(allkeys) outs(conskeys) outs(vowelkeys)
store(letters) outs(cons) outs(vowels)
c using outs in the context
outs(vowels) + any(conskeys) > context index(cons, 6)
Platforms
The outs()
statement can be used in keyboards on all platforms.
Windows | macOS | Linux | Desktop web | Mobile web | iOS | Android |
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✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Version history
The outs()
statement was introduced in Keyman 3.0.