contextExOutput (KCXO)

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Summary

contextExOutput function emits the character or object at contextOffset from the current matched rule's context. Introduced in Keyman 14.0, in order to resolve a gap between desktop and web core functionality for context(n) matching on notany().

Syntax

  keyman.interface.contextExOutput(dn, outputTarget, contextLength, contextOffset);

or

  KeymanWeb.KCXO(dn, outputTarget, contextLength, contextOffset); // Shorthand

Parameters

dn : Type: number : number of characters to delete left of cursor

outputTarget : Type: OutputTarget : target to output to

contextLength : Type: number : length of current rule context to retrieve

contextOffset : Type: number : offset from start of current rule context, 1-based

Returns

void

See also

• keyman.interface.output()
• keyman.interface.indexOutput()

History

• Introduced in Keyman 14.0