Problem with command: previous

[seetzer7]

I have recently started working with the german version of AutoCAD 2012 and the "previous" command doesn't seem to work right. When I use the command it selects my previous selection and then asks me to select more objects and when I press enter it cancels the command all together.

 

Here is the code from the macro:

 

$M=$(if,$(getvar,cmdactive),,_select;)_p

 

Wondering if someone can either tell me how to fix it or send me the correct code so I can once again use this very practical resource.

Edited November 7, 2012 by SLW210
Added CODE TAGS!!

[Dadgad]

Welcome to CADTutor.

Why not just use the SPACEBAR or ENTER to repeat the last command?

 

The behavior you describe is how mine works too, P recalls the previous selection set, and I use it all the time.

Or you can right click, and the previous command should be right there at the top of the right click shortcut menu.

[SLW210]

seetzer7,

 

Please read the CODE POSTING GUIDELINES and use Code Tags in the future, I fixed your code this time to remove the emoticon.

[seetzer7]

The problem is not that I need to repeat the last command it is that the command 'previous' will not hold my previous selection so that I can continue working with it. Before, when I would use this command, it would select my previous selection of lines and then I could choose a command and continue working, but now the command previous stays open and wants me to choose more objects and when I hit enter I lose my selection and therefore have to re-select everything individually if I want to work with my previous selection again.

[SLW210]

What does PICKADD = ?

[JGA]

I think you need to insert a command between select & previous, i.e.

 
^C^C_select;\_move;_p;;\\_rotate;_p;;@;_ref;@;\\

[seetzer7]

pickadd = 2

 

the posted code doesn't quite do what I want. I want it to simply select my previous set of lines automatically. I shouldn't have to pick them myself. Then I will choose what command I want. I don't want to select a set of lines and repeat the previous command, I just want to have my previous set of lines automatically selected for me.

[SLW210]

Works fine here on the English version, it is just a default code for Select Previous.

[seetzer7]

What is the code though? Cause mine just doesn't work right...

[SLW210]

Here is the one for 2011 English version..

 

$M=$(if,$(getvar,cmdactive),,_select;)_p 

[YZ]

pickadd = 2

 

the posted code doesn't quite do what I want. I want it to simply select my previous set of lines automatically. I shouldn't have to pick them myself. Then I will choose what command I want. I don't want to select a set of lines and repeat the previous command, I just want to have my previous set of lines automatically selected for me.

 

If I understand you correctly then this is what I use for that same circumstance:

 

SELECT;PREVIOUS;;

 

It can be used on its own to quickly make the previous lines part of a new active selection:

 

^C^CSELECT;PREVIOUS;;

 

Or I also use it frequenty inside macros where I want to keep the selection active so I can keep working on those objects:

 

^C^CJUSTIFYTEXT;TL;SELECT;PREVIOUS;;