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Offline menuhin

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Keyboard macros - do you use/set them? If you do, what are they?
« on: Thu, 20 October 2016, 11:30:00 »
Modern mechanical board's PCB are mostly customizable: for the default layout or that you can define something called 'macro' - which is basically a series of key presses pre-defined.

Keystroke procedural macros can be achieved within a software, e.g. MS Word, Notepad++, Emacs, Vi, or software at more of a system level, e.g. AutoHotKey.

Do you use your keyboard's macro function? If yes, what macro(s) have you defined and how often do you use them?
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Re: Keyboard macros - do you use/set them? If you do, what are they?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 20 October 2016, 12:38:04 »
I have 10 macro buttons (requires firmware load) and a macro record/play function that holds ~80 characters.  I don't use them very often.

This board also has pre-programmed macros for Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Select All, New File, Open, Save, Find, Run, Lock, Calculator, Media Player, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, Prev, Play/Pause, Next; plus mouse keys on the function layer.  I use those quite a bit.

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Re: Keyboard macros - do you use/set them? If you do, what are they?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 20 October 2016, 19:14:54 »
I have 10 macro buttons (requires firmware load) and a macro record/play function that holds ~80 characters.  I don't use them very often.

This board also has pre-programmed macros for Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Select All, New File, Open, Save, Find, Run, Lock, Calculator, Media Player, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, Prev, Play/Pause, Next; plus mouse keys on the function layer.  I use those quite a bit.
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Re: Keyboard macros - do you use/set them? If you do, what are they?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 21 October 2016, 10:08:26 »
I have two macros for two of my email addresses and one for my phone number.
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Re: Keyboard macros - do you use/set them? If you do, what are they?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 21 October 2016, 10:10:06 »
I have 10 macro buttons (requires firmware load) and a macro record/play function that holds ~80 characters.  I don't use them very often.

This board also has pre-programmed macros for Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Select All, New File, Open, Save, Find, Run, Lock, Calculator, Media Player, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, Prev, Play/Pause, Next; plus mouse keys on the function layer.  I use those quite a bit.
Funny that you mention that, there will be something related this weekend ^^ .
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