Parrot

Script and playback of text with syntax highlighting.

Commands

Load

Load a file into memory

Syntax: load <filepath> as <ident>

Delete

Delete selected region

Syntax: delete

Goto

Move the cursor to a marker if a marker named is given, or to a position
relative to the current cursor. The position is given as row then col.

Syntax: goto <marker>|<row> <col>

Insert

Insert either a string or content from memory.

Syntax: insert <marker>|<string> or insert <string>

Select

Select the text from the current cursor position to a marker if a marker named is given, or to a relative position.
The position is given as width and height.

Syntax: select <marker>|<width> <height>

Type

Type out the given text in the editor.

Syntax: type <ident>|<string>

TypeNl

Type the given text in the editor, unlike the type command this will insert a
newline character and move the cursor into the new empty line and start the
typing.
This has a more natural appearance when inserting new lines into existing code.

Syntax: typenl <ident>|<string>
or optionally to remove the final trailing newline character:
Syntax: typenl <ident>|<string> nonl

Wait / Sleep

Wait N seconds before loading the next command.
sleep is an alias for wait

Syntax: wait <seconds>

Speed

Set the speed for which commands are executed / content is typed

Syntax: speed <milliseconds>

Line pause

Set the speed for which to wait after each newline char is typed

Syntax: linepause <milliseconds>

Replace

Selects, deletes and replaces the text.

Syntax: replace <string> <ident>|<string>

Numbers

Show / hide line numbers

Syntax: numbers <true|false>