Looking for keyboard macros

[Toontje]

Use case:

 

I am copying and pasting text in an editor, website input field or something like that.

I want to modify/delete/add the first x characters on every line.

Run the macro x amount of time.

Optionally save the macro. Only optionally because the chance that i have to do that same thing again in exactly the same way and in the same application is very small.

 

Building a workflow for this with a Key Mapping is a bit cumbersome fort this one time i need to do this. But..., i do this repetitive work a lot, just not always the same way, the same text, the same modifications in the same applications.

 

So ideally i would like to have a hotkey that starts recording keystrokes (typing the word "record" in Alfred would also do this), key strokes are recorded until i press the hot key again.

 

Maybe it already exists. If so, please point me in the right direction to achieve this.n the 

 

Thanks,

 

Ton.

Edited May 11, 2020 by Toontje

[deanishe]

6 hours ago, Toontje said:

Maybe it already exists.

 

It's called Keyboard Maestro.

 

If you're only editing text, vim macros would also be very good for the case you describe.

Edited May 11, 2020 by deanishe