Description Agent Smith 2004-04-01 15:35:51 EST

A macro recorder like in Microsoft Office products would be very good for 
Eclipse.

When years ago I coded a Word plugin, I often recorded a macro and watched the 
Visual Basic code which it produced during recording. Then I knew which 
functions I needed to call for doing specific tasks. I didn't need to read a 
book or online help or search a forum. I simply recorded a macro and watched 
the code it produced. With this method I got the answers to my questions very 
fast. And much of the produced code I could reuse.

I think that the Eclipse plugin development could be more easy if such a macro 
recorder would exist for Eclipse.

Of course some repeating tasks could be automated by such a macro recorder. 
There are some feature requests on this since Eclipse 1.0 I think. But this is 
in my eyes just a side effect. The main advantage for me would be that I could 
more easily learn to develop Eclipse plugins.

Its a little bit difficult to explain the avantages of such an macro recorder. 
Just record a macro in a Microsoft Office product (like Word) and look at the 
result to see what I mean.