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[st:broken]: https://img.shields.io/badge/broken-X-black.svg?style=flat&colorA=e05d44&colorB=494e52
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[st:experimental]: https://img.shields.io/badge/experimental----black.svg?style=flat&colorA=dfb317&colorB=494e52
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Macros are a standard feature on many keyboards, and Kaleidoscope-powered ones
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Macros are a standard feature on many keyboards and Kaleidoscope-powered ones
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are no exceptions. Macros are a way to have a single key-press do a whole lot of
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things under the hood: conventionally, macros play back a key sequence, but with
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Kaleidoscope, there are many more we can do. Nevertheless, playing back a
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Kaleidoscope, there is much more we can do. Nevertheless, playing back a
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sequence of events is still the primary use of macros.
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Playing back a sequence means that when we press a macro key, we can have it
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## Using the plugin
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To use the plugin, we need to include the header, make sure we use the plugin,
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To use the plugin, we need to include the header, make sure we `use` the plugin,
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place macros on the keymap, and create a special handler function
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(`macroAction`) that will tell the plugin what shall happen when macro keys are
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pressed. It is best illustrated with an example:
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### `.row`, `.col`
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> The `row` and `col` properties describe the physical position a macro was
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> triggered from - if it was triggered by a key, that is. The playback functions
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> triggered from if it was triggered by a key. The playback functions
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> do not use these properties, but they are available, would one want to create
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> a macro that needs to know which key triggered it.
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