# 2-1 chord borrows the argument selection from ANOTHER pane: pane A (left) # holds the selection, pane B (right) middle-drags the command with no # selection of its own — the chord's left tap finds A's kept left selection, # and later A's explicit v selection, and rides it as the argument. file s.txt x start 31 100 -n 3 wait 8000 s.txt stable 700 20000 # pane A (left, active at boot): print the two argument words key c-b stable 600 8000 text clear; printf 'ZZARG ZZVEE\n' key enter wait 8000 ZZVEE stable 700 15000 key c-b stable 600 8000 # pane B (top right): create the arg-printing script and show its path press left 60 7 release left 60 7 stable 400 5000 key c-b stable 600 8000 text printf '#!/bin/sh\necho CHORDARG:"$1"\n' > c.sh; chmod +x c.sh; clear; printf './c.sh\n' key enter wait 10000 ./c.sh stable 700 15000 key c-b stable 600 8000 # keep a left selection over ZZARG in pane A (this also focuses A) press left 3 5 drag left 7 5 release left 7 5 stable 400 5000 snap kept # chord in pane B: middle on ./c.sh + left tap (B has NO selection: the # argument comes from pane A's kept left selection) + middle release runs press middle 55 5 press left 55 5 release middle 55 5 release left 55 5 wait 10000 CHORDARG:ZZARG stable 700 10000 snap crosspane # now an explicit modal selection: plain-click ZZVEE in A (drops A's kept # left selection), select it with v e, chord in B again press left 9 5 release left 9 5 stable 400 5000 text ve stable 400 5000 press middle 55 5 press left 55 5 release middle 55 5 release left 55 5 wait 10000 CHORDARG:ZZVEE stable 700 10000 snap vselarg