Add support for macros

Closes #270

CtrlU to toggle recording and CtrlJ to playback.
You can also rebind using the "ToggleMacro" and "PlayMacro"
actions.

Note that recursive macros are not yet supported.

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ To see more screenshots of micro, showcasing all of the default colorschemes, se
 * Copy and paste with the system clipboard
 * Small and simple
 * Easily configurable
+* Macros
 * Common editor things such as undo/redo, line numbers, unicode support...
 
 Although not yet implemented, I hope to add more features such as autocompletion ([#174](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/174)), and multiple cursors ([#5](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/5)) in the future.

cmd/micro/actions.go

@@ -1476,6 +1476,62 @@ func (v *View) PreviousSplit(usePlugin bool) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+var curMacro []interface{}
+var recordingMacro bool
+
+func (v *View) ToggleMacro(usePlugin bool) bool {
+	if usePlugin && !PreActionCall("ToggleMacro", v) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	recordingMacro = !recordingMacro
+
+	if recordingMacro {
+		curMacro = []interface{}{}
+		messenger.Message("Recording")
+	} else {
+		messenger.Message("Stopped recording")
+	}
+
+	if usePlugin {
+		return PostActionCall("ToggleMacro", v)
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (v *View) PlayMacro(usePlugin bool) bool {
+	if usePlugin && !PreActionCall("PlayMacro", v) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, action := range curMacro {
+		switch t := action.(type) {
+		case rune:
+			// Insert a character
+			if v.Cursor.HasSelection() {
+				v.Cursor.DeleteSelection()
+				v.Cursor.ResetSelection()
+			}
+			v.Buf.Insert(v.Cursor.Loc, string(t))
+			v.Cursor.Right()
+
+			for _, pl := range loadedPlugins {
+				_, err := Call(pl+".onRune", string(t), v)
+				if err != nil && !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "function does not exist") {
+					TermMessage(err)
+				}
+			}
+		case func(*View, bool) bool:
+			t(v, true)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if usePlugin {
+		return PostActionCall("PlayMacro", v)
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // None is no action
 func None() bool {
 	return false

cmd/micro/bindings.go

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ var bindingActions = map[string]func(*View, bool) bool{
 	"NextTab":             (*View).NextTab,
 	"NextSplit":           (*View).NextSplit,
 	"PreviousSplit":       (*View).PreviousSplit,
+	"ToggleMacro":         (*View).ToggleMacro,
+	"PlayMacro":           (*View).PlayMacro,
 
 	// This was changed to InsertNewline but I don't want to break backwards compatibility
 	"InsertEnter": (*View).InsertNewline,
@@ -408,6 +410,8 @@ func DefaultBindings() map[string]string {
 		"CtrlQ":          "Quit",
 		"CtrlE":          "CommandMode",
 		"CtrlW":          "NextSplit",
+		"CtrlU":          "ToggleMacro",
+		"CtrlJ":          "PlayMacro",
 
 		// Emacs-style keybindings
 		"Alt-f": "WordRight",

cmd/micro/util.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -217,3 +219,7 @@ func Abs(n int) int {
 	}
 	return n
 }
+
+func FuncName(i interface{}) string {
+	return runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(i).Pointer()).Name()
+}

cmd/micro/view.go

@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ func (v *View) HandleEvent(event tcell.Event) {
 					TermMessage(err)
 				}
 			}
+
+			if recordingMacro {
+				curMacro = append(curMacro, e.Rune())
+			}
 		} else {
 			for key, actions := range bindings {
 				if e.Key() == key.keyCode {
@@ -352,6 +356,12 @@ func (v *View) HandleEvent(event tcell.Event) {
 						relocate = false
 						for _, action := range actions {
 							relocate = action(v, true) || relocate
+							funcName := FuncName(action)
+							if funcName != "main.(*View).ToggleMacro" && funcName != "main.(*View).PlayMacro" {
+								if recordingMacro {
+									curMacro = append(curMacro, action)
+								}
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}

runtime/help/keybindings.md

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ you can rebind them to your liking.
 	"CtrlQ":          "Quit",
 	"CtrlE":          "CommandMode",
 	"CtrlW":          "NextSplit",
+	"CtrlU":          "ToggleMacro",
+	"CtrlJ":          "PlayMacro",
 	
 	// Emacs-style keybindings
 	"Alt-f": "WordRight",
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ PreviousTab
 NextTab
 NextSplit
 PreviousSplit
+ToggleMacro
+PlayMacro
 ```
 
 Here is the list of all possible keys you can bind: