ToME 2.3.5(kind of) built for Windows - I think it's working

[Sky]

can someone run me through how do i make a "shoot manabolt to nearest enemy" macro, please?

[Estie]

First you want every macro to start with \e\e\e , so as to cancel anything that might be waiting for a prompt. Then in tome, unfortunately the letters for various activities such as casting spells or copying spells are variable and might change throughout the game. "m" accesses the menu where you can choose those activities; there is a way to choose an activity not by its letter, but by a different code (I forgot how exactly); but casting spells is the default, so what I do is use

m@\r

which picks "cast a spell" regardless of which letter is currently assigned to casting spells.

Assuming your spellbook is inscribed with @m1 and mana bolt is the first spell in it, denoted by "a", the macro would look like this:

\e\e\em@\r1a

I assume you know how to modify that to include targeting if needed.

That "@" can be given an argument (omitting of which here, as explained, will pick the default - cast spell), I forget how that works; if anyone knows, feel free to enlighten me.

Edit:

I read your op again; since you asked specifically to target the closest enemy, here goes:

Make sure the option "use old target by default" is set; the macro then is:

\e\e\e*tm@\r1a

[Pete Mack]

I thought ToMe has keymaps as well as macros? Macros should be used *only* for status changes (like aggressive/cowardly, or fast/slow, or fire arrows/normal shooting.) Unless there are no keymaps. Then things get hairy.
Note: V has no status changes, so macros were removed some time after libcurses. (I only ever used them for color editing.)

[Estie]

Whats the detriment of using macro instead of keymap ?

Edit: Also, in tome I put <detect trap> + <detect monster> on one key, I thought that wouldnt work unless you use macro ?

[Pete Mack]

If you use say "M" for the macro, it'l get substituted any time you type it--even if you're not at the command prompt. Use a keymap in that situation. There are some games that actually still need them, including ToME and Sil, but it's tricky to rely solely on macros.

[Estie]

Yes I am aware of that, I use the F# keys for macros (and F for teleport other, typically the need for that comes after finding a permanent light source). I could use a keymap for F instead I guess.

[Borg]

I have Tome 2.3.5 Win32 build here too. Build using Mingw compiler so it should work from Win2000 to Win10. I guess only ASCII is working.