User Guide

Macro Programming
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If you feel ready to create your first macro program you can start by
opening the Edit Macro panel. Use Window > Edit Macro panel to make it
visible:
This is basically a simple text editing control with a toolbar at the top. The
buttons on the toolbar mean:
Open the menu that contains New, Open and Save operations
Run the currently edited program.
Stop the program that is running
Restart the Python system. Use this command to reload all standard libraries
and free all memory allocated by the Python system
When you click the button you will see a menu:
The commands in this menu let you perform standard file operations on
your current macro program.