Re: Is there a plan to record kbd macro as elisp code?

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

>     Also I added a new variable `last-kbd-macro-commands', and a new command
>     `insert-last-kbd-macro-commands' to convert the recorded commands with
>     their arguments to a Lisp function.
>
> The way you have written this, it looks like it cannot convert an
> existing keyboard macro.  The user has to type the definition over
> again.  That is a big drawback.

It preserves Lisp code of the last defined macro.  I think this is enough
for this feature to be useful.  If not, we could keep the converted Lisp
code with every macro definition.

> Can you make this work by replaying the macro?  At least then
> it would be possible to convert an existing macro.

This is easy to implement, but replaying the macro is not always possible.

> We want to do more simplification of the generated Lisp code;
> for instance, to combine multiple calls to self-insert-command
> into something more elegant.

I agree.  A function `kmacro-convert-macro-commands' in my patch is
intended for such simplifications.

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Juri Linkov
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