IDE Window: Editor Macros

• Lazarus 1.0 supports only macros via keyboard
• The Editor Macro window is not available in the released Lazarus 1.0. It is only present in SVN and trunk snapshots.

Editor Macros

Lazarus allows you to record any amount of macros. Using the Editor Macro window you can select which macro is currently used. You can also save macros by moving them to the project session, or the IDE config.

Display

The macros are displayed in 3 groups:

Recorded

Shows newly recorded macros. These macros are not saved, and will be lost if the IDE is closed

Project

Shows macros that are saved with the project session. Each project can have it's own set of macros.
If the project is configured not to save a session, then macros in this group are not saved, and will be lost when the project is closed.

IDE

Shows macros that are saved with the IDE config. These macros are available to all projects

Macros can be moved between Project and IDE

Macros can have a status icon:

Current macro. This can be set using the "Select" button. This is the macro that is played, if using the keyboard shortcut.

This macro is currently being recorded.

This macro is currently playing.

Broken macro. This indicates that the macro could not be loaded from the config. The macro can not be used. (It will be kept (in it's broken form) in the config)

Interface

Select

Set current macro which will be used by the keyboard shortcut.
The Play button is not affected by this.

Rename...

Rename the macro.

Delete

Delete the macro.

Play

Play the selected macro. This is the macro selected by clicking the list. Not the "current" macro.

Repeat

Set how often the macro is played. Only affects the play button. The keyboard shortcut is not affected.

Record

Record a new Macro.
During recording this button will allow to pause/continue the recording.
If anything was recorded, the new macro will be set "current" macro.

Stop

Ends the recording. The button also allows to stop repeated play. (in certain circumstances, it is possible to stop in the middle of a playing macro)

Move to

Project/Ide: Moves the selected macro to the indicated group

Using macros by keyboard

By Default the following 2 key shortcuts are set up:

• ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+P Play the current macro
• ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+R Start/Stop recording a new macro

During recording, the shortcut for play can be used to pause recording