[TIP] Macros in bnd

[Peter Kriens]

The bnd editor nowadays has such a cool feature that I have to tell you about :-)

If you work with macros you find that they can quickly drive you nuts. They are quite neurotic sometimes. A few months ago they drove me even mad. At first I added a `bnd` command line feature to interactively play with them. 

$ bnd shell

> foo=3

        > foo

  3

However, that was always a bit roundabout. So a few months ago I added a tooltip on a selection. If you select a text in the bnd editor (bndrun & bnd) then you can hover over it with your mouse. If you do this long enough, it should show you the expansion when that text is run through the macro processor.

I find that I use it a lot lately.

Enjoy! Kind regards,

Peter Kriens

P.S. If you don't like these tips, just filter out mails with [TIP] from me. I might be sending out more of them unless people start to yell at me.

[David Leangen]

These are great, and bnd is awesome. Thanks, Peter!

On Dec 3, 2020, at 2:22, Peter Kriens <peter....@aqute.biz> wrote:

The bnd editor nowadays has such a cool feature that I have to tell you about :-)

If you work with macros you find that they can quickly drive you nuts. They are quite neurotic sometimes. A few months ago they drove me even mad. At first I added a `bnd` command line feature to interactively play with them. 

$ bnd shell

> foo=3

        > foo

  3

However, that was always a bit roundabout. So a few months ago I added a tooltip on a selection. If you select a text in the bnd editor (bndrun & bnd) then you can hover over it with your mouse. If you do this long enough, it should show you the expansion when that text is run through the macro processor.

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I find that I use it a lot lately.

Enjoy! Kind regards,

Peter Kriens

P.S. If you don't like these tips, just filter out mails with [TIP] from me. I might be sending out more of them unless people start to yell at me.

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