title: What are the IDE advantages of recorded macros?
body: <p>Just as the title says, I see a lot of editors touting macro recording as a feature but cannot find a way to take advantage of these functions myself.  So what can you use it for?  The type where you can record mouse movement and/or keystrokes?  Is it really that helpful to people out there?  Specifically, I deal with Eclipse which has a number of built in "fill in" functions, so I really don't see what the advantages could be.</p>