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  1. <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 8. Using Macros</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.65.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.2 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="using-jedit-part.html" title="Part I. Using jEdit"><link rel="previous" href="settings-directory.html" title="The jEdit Settings Directory"><link rel="next" href="recording-macros.html" title="Recording Macros"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 8. Using Macros</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="settings-directory.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Using jEdit</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="recording-macros.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="using-macros"></a>Chapter 8. Using Macros</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><ul><li><span class="sect1"><a href="recording-macros.html">Recording Macros</a></span></li><li><span class="sect1"><a href="running-macros.html">Running Macros</a></span></li><li><span class="sect1"><a href="organizing-macros.html">How jEdit Organizes Macros</a></span></li></ul></div><p>
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  2.     Macros in jEdit are short scripts written in a scripting language called
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  3.     <i class="firstterm">BeanShell</i>. They provide an easy way to
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  4.     automate repetitive keyboard and menu procedures,
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  5.     as well as access to the objects and methods created by
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  6.     jEdit. Macros
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  7.     also provide a powerful facility for customizing jEdit and automating
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  8.     complex text processing and programming tasks. This section
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  9.     describes how to record and run macros. A detailed guide on
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  10.     writing macros appears later; see <a href="writing-macros-part.html" title="Part III. Writing Macros">Part III, &#8220;Writing Macros&#8221;</a>.
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  11.   </p><div class="sidebar"><p class="title"><b>Other scripting languages</b></p><p>
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  12.    A number of jEdit plugins provide support for writing scripts in alternative programming languages, like Python and Prolog. Consult the documentation for the appropriate plugins for more information.
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  13.   </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="settings-directory.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="using-jedit-part.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="recording-macros.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">The jEdit Settings Directory </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Recording Macros</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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