Maximum number of macros?

[jamadagni (Shriramana Sharma)]

Hello. I see here that the maximum number of “concurrent” macros is 8:

#define MAX_CONCURRENT_MACROS 8

What does that mean anyway: “concurrent” macro, what is it useful for and how would it be used?

I also want to know the total number of macros permissible. If I read this line:

#define M(n)           (Key){ n, KEY_FLAGS|SYNTHETIC|IS_MACRO }

and this line:

const macro_t *macroAction(uint8_t macroIndex, uint8_t keyState);

… correctly, it means there can be 128 macros defined in all, but this doesn’t seem to be documented?

[jamadagni (Shriramana Sharma)]

https://github.com/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-Macros/pull/26

[algernon (Gergely Nagy)]

@jamadagni

What does that mean anyway: “concurrent” macro, what is it useful for and how would it be used?

That’s the number of macros that can be active at the same time. That is, the number of macro keys you can hold, while still allowing all of them to work properly. It’s mostly useful when you have a set of macro’d shortcuts, and press them in quick succession (resulting in a bit of an overlap).

@jamadagni

it means there can be 128 macros defined in all, but this doesn’t seem to be documented?

There can be 256 macros total, because the index is unsigned.

[jamadagni (Shriramana Sharma)]

@algernon

What does that mean anyway: “concurrent” macro, what is it useful for and how would it be used?

That’s the number of macros that can be active at the same time. That is, the number of macro keys you can hold, while still allowing all of them to work properly. It’s mostly useful when you have a set of macro’d shortcuts, and press them in quick succession (resulting in a bit of an overlap).

Thanks for that clarification!

it means there can be 128 macros defined in all, but this doesn’t seem to be documented?

There can be 256 macros total, because the index is unsigned.

Oh my! Must have been really sleepy to forget that 2^8 = 256. Updated the PR now.