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How D&Do Works; a Summary

D&Do does nothing by itself; the real work is done by the command line that is specified through a template expression in a metascript file. Before being able to do any useful work, D&Do must have loaded a proper metascript file.

A metascript is a text-based file that contains, among other things:

Usually, D&Do operates internally in the following sequence:

At that point, D&Do has done its job. You may also want to paste the clipboard content into a specific point of your application. Note: The program itself might do other inputs and outputs such as, for example, reading and writing files, playing sounds, accessing the network, etc. This aspect is however the domain of that specific program and is out of the context of this document.

 


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