I get ya! :O) 20 - 50 times, I take it you haven't done a big ol' text heavy site that needed 100+ things separated. RSI soon kicks in :O)
Have you got an example of an ide/editor with a marco recorder, free if possible? Ade -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lofback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 May 2002 17:18 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Feature request: macro recorder Not without a lot of extra keystrokes. A macro recorder would let you record and replay the cut and paste keystrokes. Another example: I have a utility that gives me info about DB tables including a comma-delimited list of all the columns, like this: col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10 I want to code text inputs for each one so I copy this list into my CF template. With cut and paste, I have to manually separate the list items, then create the <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME=", copy it, and paste it in front of each column name, then create the " VALUE=""> and paste it at the end of each, etc. If you have to do this ten (or twenty or fifty) times, it's a hassle. With a macro recorder, I could record the keystrokes that would do that whole process once, and then replay it for the rest. If you've never used a macro recorder for these tasks, you don't know what you're missing. Chris Lofback Sr. Web Developer TRX Integration 28051 US 19 N., Ste. C Clearwater, FL 33761 www.trxi.com -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Feature request: macro recorder Let me know if I'm wrong, but couldn't you do this with c+p anyway?? -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lofback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 May 2002 16:58 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Feature request: macro recorder Copy and paste and snippets don't solve the problem I'm talking about. For example, suppose I just coded 20 CFPARAMs for the form fields I'm passing into a template to insert into the DB. Next I need to use those same field names *again* to code the CFQUERYPARAMs for my insert statement. I can just make a copy of the CFPARAMs and, using a macro recorder, I record the keystrokes needed to convert one CFPARAM into a CFQUERYPARAM and then replay it on the rest of the CFPARAMs. This is just one example but there are many situations where I use a macro recorder to handle repetitive editing tasks. Snippets are great for inserting commonly-used code but they cannot record the keystrokes of a complex edit and reproduce it. Chris Lofback Sr. Web Developer TRX Integration 28051 US 19 N., Ste. C Clearwater, FL 33761 www.trxi.com -----Original Message----- From: Lee Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Feature request: macro recorder At least... | -----Original Message----- | From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:42 AM | To: CF-Talk | Subject: RE: Feature request: macro recorder | | | or snippets? | | -----Original Message----- | From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: 07 May 2002 16:36 | To: CF-Talk | Subject: RE: Feature request: macro recorder | | | would you bite my head off if I said copy and paste? :O) | | Ade | | -----Original Message----- | From: Chris Lofback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: 07 May 2002 15:46 | To: CF-Talk | Subject: Feature request: macro recorder | | | Do any of the MM IDEs offer a macro reporder? | | I've been asking for a simple marco recorder since I started | using the original HomeSite (and even after moving to CF | Studio), but to no avail! | | The "Redo" function isn't enough. I regularly need to do a | repeateable sequence of keystrokes and I wish I had a simple | macro recorder like the one in Programmer's File Editor | (PFE). It's just a simple record toggle and a hot key to | replay the keystrokes. In fact, I usually copy over to PFE, | do the edits using the macro recorder and paste the edits | back into CF Studio. | | This would be such a great feature to include in CF Studio | (and the rest of the MM IDEs, if they don't have it). How | about it, MM? | | | ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
