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Which tool would you recommend for macro recording and replaying ? Is there a language as well ? I frequently switch between Eclipse and Emacs(actually Xemacs) for editing tasks.

It would be nice if I didn't have to do as frequently. That would happen if a macro language/recorder were available in eclipse. It's available in Netbeans, so how come that is not a priority for eclipse ?

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anjanb
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  • possible duplicate of [Is there a Macro Recorder for Eclipse?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/103202/is-there-a-macro-recorder-for-eclipse) – Sam Hasler Jun 27 '12 at 11:19

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There is no current macro language on Eclipse:

  • Practical Macro is not compatible with current 3.5 or 3.6 Eclipse) (update 2014: it has been updated since 2010).
  • The official proposal Eclipse Monkey has been withdrawn.
  • And the bug 8519 records the absence of keystroke macro since 2002! (130 votes too), even though there have been some experiment.

So your best bet is right now:

, which are completely separated from Eclipse, but can at least record and send key events to any application.

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  • thank you. I use Autohotkey but only for big tasks with various apps. For small text tasks, I tend to use emacs(Xemacs). I just didn't want to switch between eclipse and emacs as frequently as I did . That would be possible if eclipse' editor gets better with macro, etc. – anjanb Sep 04 '10 at 02:44
  • Practical Macro -> 404 - File or directory not found. – Ruwantha Apr 18 '14 at 12:38
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    @Ruwantha I have restored the link to Practical Macro. – VonC Apr 18 '14 at 13:02