Far Manager macro system manual

Far Manager macro system manual

Since 30.09.2012 (Far 3.0.2851), Far Manager uses Lua programming language (version 5.1) instead of the built-in macro language.

Since 23.04.2014 (LuaMacro build 310), added support for MoonScript programming language.

A macro is a script (written either in Lua or MoonScript) and its meta-data such as:

• Areas from which the script may be executed
• Keys that initiate execution of the script from those areas
• Prerequisites for the execution of the script
• Run-time flags: EnableOutput and NoSendKeysToPlugins

Functionality

• Macro recording and playback
• Standard Lua libraries
• LuaFAR libraries (“plugin API”)
• Libraries of macro functions (“macro API”)
• For plugins: function MacroControl