Shortcuts Folder—General Category
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In the General category, you can enable or disable the HostExplorer Shortcuts option and select how you want HostExplorer to replace the shortcut keywords.
Enable Shortcuts—Lets you enable or disable the Shortcuts option. By default, this option is selected.
Shortcut Mode—Select one of the following:
- Manual—Searches the current screen and replaces all enabled keywords in the active scheme with their associated text.
- Automatic—Replaces keywords with longform text as you type. This option requires that you specify delimiters.
- On Field Exit—Searches the current input field and replaces all enabled keywords in the active scheme with their associated text.
Delimiters—Lets you specify one or more characters that you enter before and after a keyword. Delimiters indicate to HostExplorer that replacement text is required. For example, if your keyword is “key” and you enter “@#” in the delimiters box, all of the following strings indicate that text replacement is required:
This option is only available when you select the Automatic shortcut mode.
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