Std Macro Menu

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Introduction

The Std Macro Menu is one of the 7 sub-menus in the standard menu:

File     Edit     View     Tools     Macro     Windows     Help

The Macro menu provides tools related to the recording and execution of macros.

Tools

The following tools are available in this menu:

• Macro recording...: Opens a dialog box to start a macro recording session.

• Stop macro recording: Stops a macro recording session.

• Macros...: Opens a dialog box to manage and execute macros.

• Recent macros: shows a list of macros recently used, which can be called with a key combination, for example, Ctrl+Shift+1. This can be configured in the Preferences. introduced in version 0.19

• Execute macro: Executes the macro currently in the Python editor.

• Attach to remote debugger...: Attaches FreeCAD to a remote debugger.

• Debug macro: Starts a debugging session for the macro in the Python editor.

• Stop debugging: Stops a debugging session.

• Step over: Steps over code.

• Step into: Steps into code.

• Toggle breakpoint: Toggles a breakpoint.

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• Macro: Macro recording, Stop macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint

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