Questions about Big Sur and [KMFAM] Favorite Actions and Macros

[JMichaelTX]

@peternlewis

You can actively hide a variable from those displayed locations by setting its value to the special token ==%Delete%== . However ==this does not delete== the variable from the database, in fact the opposite, it ensures it is in the database with this special value.

Peter, I hope you can appreciate contradiction in terms that this presents.

At this point, I see no value in the %Delete% token.

@peternlewis

For variables you want to delete at the end of the macro, perhaps you should move to using Local or Instance variables?

Yep, this is what I now do. For all new Macros I've written since KM 8.0.2, I've used Local/Instance variables, unless I want the variable to persist across executions and macros. Then, I prefix these with "DND_".

The major downside of this is that there is no easy way to inspect Local/Instance variables while debugging a macro. It would sure be nice if the KM Debugger would show Loca/Instance variables, like most debuggers I have ever used.