hah, thanks for the correction Brian. :)
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Brian Theado <brian.the...@gmail.com>wrote: > That's also what I think of for macros and according to the Leo menu > Cmd->Macros, Leo has this functionality. Start record, end record, and call > macro are all there. > On Nov 25, 2013 12:37 PM, "Matt Wilkie" <map...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In my mind Script means something that is written like a program but >> depends on the host environment, while Macro is something that is generally >> recorded and later played back (and, if the software is capable, allows >> editing of said macro in between. A knowledgeable practitioner can dispense >> with the record phase and just write to begin with). >> >> From this standpoint I would say Leo has Scripts but not Macros. >> >> What is meaningful to me is "does this code snippet require Leo present >> to work?": >> Yes --> Script >> No --> Program >> >> -matt >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Miles Fidelman < >>> mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Edward K. Ream wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:41 AM, Reinhard Engel < >>>>> reinhard.engel...@googlemail.com <mailto:reinhard.engel.de@ >>>>> googlemail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is there conceptually any difference between scripts in Leo and >>>>> macros in other languages (not macros in C, but macros i.e. in >>>>> Microsoft Word, Access or Visual Basic)? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Two, no three, no four, no five, no six, no seven differences: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Leo scripts have access to outline structure. Most other scripting >>>>> languages do not. >>>>> 2. Leo scripts have full access to all of Leo's source code. >>>>> 3. Leo scripts can be built up from outlines via section references. >>>>> 4. Leo script can be embedded in @button nodes. >>>>> 5. Leo scripts can be embedded in @test nodes. >>>>> 6. Leo scripts can create external files, a special case of: >>>>> 7. Leo scripts can do anything Python can do. >>>>> >>>>> I could be wrong, but I believe that emacs Lisp-based scripts can do >>>> all that as well. >>>> >>> >>> I was referring to VB macros and the like. Obviously, elisp can do more. >>> >>> 1. Emacs org mode provides clumsy access to outline data. >>> 2. elisp has this. >>> 3. org mode uses noweb, which does not have @others. >>> 4. Presumably, this could be simulated in elisp, but it wouldn't be >>> pretty. >>> 5. Ditto. >>> 6. elisp can do this. >>> 7. ditto. >>> >>> Similar remarks apply to vim and vimoutline mode. >>> >>> Org mode is much clumsier to use than Leo. Scripts must be delimited by >>> special markup. >>> >>> So yes, org mode can simulate anything that Leo can do, but these >>> simulations are going to be clumsy, they will take a lot more work than the >>> equivalent in Leo (which is why they haven't, in fact, been done) and the >>> simulations are going to be a lot less convenient for users to use. >>> >>> The net effect: the pace of innovation in the Leo world far exceeds that >>> of the vim/emacs worlds. >>> >>> Edward >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "leo-editor" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "leo-editor" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
