User Guide

Macro Programming
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I n t e g r a t i ng i n t o Me n u s
You can integrate macro programs (supplied with FontLab, written by you
or downloaded from the Internet) into many context menus in FontLab. If
a menu has macro programs assigned they appear in the Macro submenu
at the bottom:
Integration of macro programs into menus is done automatically when
macro programs are stored in one of the folders in the
FontLab/Macro/System folder. Note that Python macro programs must have
a “.py” extension to be accepted by FontLab.
Folder name Description of the associated menu
Bitmap Context menu when the bitmap background manipulating tool is
active
Component
Context menu when the component editing tool is active
Font
Font window context menu
FontsList
Popup menu that appears when you click on the
button in the
Fonts list panel.
Glyph Glyph window context menu
Metrics
Metrics window context menu
Node
Node context menu
Selection
Selection (in the Glyph window) context menu
TTH
TrueType hinting tool context menu