Save Time with minicom macros

For those using  minicom , there's no need to repeatedly type commands again-and-again.

For those not using  minicom , see my next mail.

minicom  provides macros support (i.e., hotkeys), which helps preventing form constantly typing cumbersome commands.

Simply 1) put an file named  .macros  under you home directory, then 2) defines your macros.

For example, I have these defines in my  .macros
# F1 empty
pu pmac1            ^M
# F2 remove CAK & iPanel configs
pu pmac2            rm /cadata/*.ca /configs/*.dat^M
# F3 quick way to launch dtv with duma
pu pmac3            LD_PRELOAD=libduma.so.0.0.0 DUMA_PROTECT_BELOW=1 DUMA_PROTECT_FREE=1 DUMA_ALLOW_MALLOC_0=1 G_DEBUG=gc-friendly G_SLICE=always-malloc LANG=zh_TW.UTF8 /usr/bin/dtv^M
pu pmac4            killall dtv^M
pu pmac5            portmap && mount -t nfs 192.192.192.76:/home/sam/workspace/DVB2102C/target /tmp^M
pu pmac6            LANG=zh_TW.UTF8 gdb /usr/bin/dtv^M
pu pmac7            cd /mnt/usb/sda1^M
# F8 unlimit coredump
pu pmac8            ulimit -Ss unlimited && ulimit -Sc unlimited^M
pu pmac9            . /usr/local/stapi/modules/load_env.sh^M


But I found there's a bug in  minicom  2.4, which reads  .macros  only at max 11 lines (including comments). I fixed it, the patch and executable are both attached.