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- User masks
- User mask syntax description
- ARB environment variables

# Create a new input mask

- OCCURRENCE
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- EXAMPLES
- WARNINGS
- BUGS

## OCCURRENCE

### In all 'User mask' menus

## DESCRIPTION

### Enter the name of the input mask you'd like to create.

### Choose the correct item type for your mask.

### Choose the scope of your mask.

'Local' means the mask will only be visible to you (it gets saved in $ARB_PROP/inputMasks which defaults to ~/.arb_prop/inputMasks). See also ´ARB environment variables´.
'Global' means the mask will be visible to all users (you need write permission in $ARBHOME/lib/inputMasks to create such a mask).

## NOTES

### To delete masks delete the corresponding file in the inputMasks subdirectory.

### New created masks will not appear in the 'User masks' menu, before you restart ARB.

### To provide an input mask to all users, copy it into $ARBHOME/lib/inputMasks

## EXAMPLES

### None

## WARNINGS

### When a mask was reloaded (or created), macro recording will not work properly. You need to restart ARB before you can record/execute macros for modified masks.

### Anyway, modifying a mask easily renders any macros recorded for that mask useless.

## BUGS

### No bugs known