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Discussion on: This I still miss from VSCode

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Martin Omander

I also miss being able to record and replay keyboard macros. I'm sure there is an extension that lets you do it, but in my experience it can be quite time-consuming to find an extension that does what you need and is reasonably bug-free.

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Michael De Abreu • Edited

Yeah, this is definitely something that you would need, specially on demos and presentations. Do you know if VSCode has an open issue for this?

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Martin Omander

I don't know if there is an open issue for this. When it comes to demos, I have started using the Replay Clipboard extension. When you press the magic key, the extension types out the text from your clipboard with variable delay, so it looks like you are typing it manually. Very useful!
The only drawback is that it only gets the line breaks right if the file's line-endings are CRLF, not LF. If you're on Mac or Linux, click LF in the status bar at the bottom and change it to CRLF before you copy the text.
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