Recording, Editing, and Writing Macros

Macros are a quick way to customize and extend Canopy. They can help you to automate tasks which are frequent or complicated.

You can record a series of actions as a macro, then play the macro back when needed. Most user actions in the code editor are recordable like this, as are commands entered at the IPython prompt.

Every macro is saved as a Python script, so you can tweak it, or make its actions context-sensitive, just by editing its Python script. You can also write a macro from scratch.

• Recording a simple macro for the code editor
  • Macro Editor
    • Editing macros
    • Writing macros from scratch
• Code Editor Scripting Commands
  • Code editor traits
  • Code editor commands
    • File operation commands
    • Cursor movement commands
    • Text editing commands
• IPython Pane Scripting Commands