Programming Macros?

[skyress3000]

I just rebound scroll lock to 

System.out.println(

and I think it's pretty nice to not have to type that out. Anybody got other convenient macros for coding to share?

[Snickerzz]

Kind of depends on what you're doing really. Just set a macro for what you write most

[Snickerzz]

Aren't you missing a ")"?

 

I might just not be awake enough to program.

yea he is, as well as a semicolon, but i'm assuminh OP just writes that later

[skyress3000]

Aren't you missing a ")"?

 

I might just not be awake enough to program.

I use Sublime Text, which automatically puts close brackets & parentheses, so after typing this the parentheses are closed and my cursor is between them, ready to insert strings.

[spenser_l]

Are you not using an IDE? I know that in eclipse, you can type "sysout" then hit CTRL + SPACE and it will output System.out.println(); and place your cursor in the parenthesis. Same goes for "main" + CTRL + SPACE. It will give you a main method.

 

Just letting you know for this particular example. It'd be nice to hear if there are some useful macros.

 

edit:

 

In Sublime if you type "pl" and hit enter, it will give you System.out.println();

 

Sublime Text 3 has this feature for Java and other popular languages by default, and there are also plugins for more functionality as well.

[skyress3000]

In Sublime if you type "pl" and hit enter, it will give you System.out.println();

sublime y u so good

 

1 button is still better than 3 tho

[Guest]

I sometimes bind ` to run

[Crabtr]

Since you're using Sublime I would suggest look into snippets! They're like key macros in terms of functionality but the total number you can have isn't limited to the number of key combinations you can make with your keyboard (so you can use a 60% or 40% like a real programmer ). Once setup snippets allows you to type a string, say "fun()," and then you either get a list of options to complete to or it'll autocomplete to something more valuable like "function() { }" with your cursor inside the parenthesis. You can also setup snippets which automatically inject the output from a command into a portion, it's a really wonderful and powerful tool. This video's directed towards Vim but everything covered can be done in Sublime text.

 

http://vimcasts.org/episodes/meet-ultisnips/