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# 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