A Hotkey to Repeat the Last Macro Used?

[martin]

@gglick

Fortunately, @DanThomas already wrote a macro some years ago that can show recently executed macros more easily and efficiently than parsing the log:

@gglick

I also wrote a macro a few years ago myself back when KM 8 was still new that piggybacks off Dan's work to show a further simplified list prompt of recently executed macros and lets you jump back to the editor to quickly modify whichever one you select.

Thank you very much, @gglick. I don't know how I missed that.

@ccstone also created macros to get the last N's executed macro from the Engine log, exactly what I was thinking.

MACRO: Get Recently Run Macros with Last Executed Time

Hey Folks, I ran across this topic while researching something else, and I felt like fiddling with the shell for a bit. The user can select the last N most recently run macros with a user-setting. (The macro automatically excludes the last instance of itself.) [23] -Chris KM -- Last N Macros Run v1.00.kmmacros (5.8 KB) [image]

@peternlewis

That said, a safe way to do what is asked for this question would be a macro that looked something like this:

• Grab the last line of the Engine.log file
• Switch on the line
  • If it contains "name of a macro 1"
    • Execute Macro "Name of a macro 1"
  • If it contains "name of a macro 2"
    • Execute Macro "Name of a macro 2"
  • Otherwise
    • Notify "No Acceptable Macro Found"

Hi, Peter, this is great idea, used in combination with the macros @DanThomas, @gglick, and @ccstone have made.
I may add some special characters in the macro name for multiple macros. I can do something like:

• if it contains (or maybe ends with) "special characters" (I'll probably do a RegEx search, match from the end of the macro list)
  • get the complete macro name and execute the macro.

Then I can freely rename those macros without worrying about the need to edit this macro as long as I keep those special characters untouched.

This has great usage for testing macros. Normally, I would assign a hotkey for test and then delete it after the test. But now, I only need to include the special characters in the test macros and run it once to add it to the last executed macro list. So, no need to assign a hotkey and then remove it.

[martin]

I've made a macro to execute the last run macro whose name ends with ==TM== (==TM== may be changed to anything else as long as we replace ==TM== with the target string in the macro as well.

KM -- Execute Last Run Macro Whose Name Ends with "TM" Macro (v9.2)

KM -- Execute Last Run Macro Whose Name Ends with "TM" Macro (v9.2) Update (2021/09/20 19:16): After more learning about sed. I have further simplified the script. DOWNLOAD Macro File: KM -- Execute Last Run Macro Whose Name Ends with "TM".kmmacros Note: This Macro was uploaded in a DISABLED state. You must enable before it can be triggered. [image]

Using this macro, we only need to add the target string (in this case, ==TM==) to the target macro name. We don't need to add the target UUID action (see below) to the macro.

[DanThomas]

@martin

Normally, I would assign a hotkey for test and then delete it after the test.

If you haven't seen this, check it out: MACRO: Run Current Macro.

Obviously this has to be run from the Editor, but I use it constantly.

[martin]

@DanThomas

If you haven't seen this, check it out: MACRO: Run Current Macro .

Thanks, @DanThomas.

I searched but did not find it. I was searching for last executed macro. I think that's why I did not find it.

I just downloaded it and tested it. It's great! Your macro is definitely very useful for debugging macros, since we probably keep the Editor open for this kind of job. I'll like it very much and I'll start using it right away!

[shiva88kr]

This simple action lists the most recently used macros:

Almost always the first line returned in the list of macros is the one I want. Since it is pre-selected, hitting return runs it.
I have a macro assigned to hotkey F5 with only this action. So, F5 + Return does the job almost always. Can also modify "55m" on the fly if a lot of time has elapsed since last use.

P.S. My attempts to filter the log file for the most recent macro worked most of the time but when it didn't, it was really annoying.