The macros on this page can be useful for all kind of text editing.

To get a longer description and detailed installation instructions, click on the name of the macro.

The macros are tested -- probably written -- with the specified version of WinEdt. Some macros come in bundles as a zipped file.

If you don't know how to run or install macros, you should read this first.

Should you encounter problems with a macro, please contact the author of the macro.

Name	Description	WinEdt version	Last changed
setMode	The simple complement to GetMode.edt: Puts the mode's definition in the first line.	5.1-5.6	25.11.03
ActivePopups	Macro to initialize active strings based on a configuration file. If desired, the active string may trigger popup menus.	6	14.04.10
abbrv	Manages user-defined abbreviations	5.0-5.6	23.06.05
complete	Completes words or phrases from the current file	6, 5.3-5.6	13.11.01
completeWord	Completes words or phrases from the current file (showing a list of possible completions)	6, 5.3-5.6	15.10.03
smartQuote2	Inserts (single or double) quotes depending on the document's mode.	6, 5.3-5.6	17.04.10
ToggleComment	Block un/comment lines containing the selected text	7, 6	15.04.12
simplegrep	Calls WinEdt's Find Dialog and outputs all lines that contain the specified string to a file	5.1-5.3	13.11.01
allwords	Produces a file containing all words of a file (useful for indexing)	6, 5.2-5.6	21.11.01
envReplace	Replaces strings in a specified environment only (e.g. $...$)	5.2-5.6	11.11.01
fill	Formats a paragraph in block mode by filling the spaces	6, 5.3-5.6	28.11.01
insertfilename	Browses for a file and insert its path and name	6, 5.2-5.6	06.09.01
getRelativeFilePath	Browses for a file and insert its name and relative path	5.3-5.6	15.04.02
insertTemplate	Insert a template file, keeping indentation relative to cursor position	5.3-5.6	21.04.02
continueComment	Continues comment lines using the current line as a model	5.3-5.6	16.10.02
isbn / issn	Assist in inserting ISBN and ISSN numbers into any document (checking whether they are valid)	6, 5.3-5.6	27.08.02
importBookmarks	Import Bookmarks for a file from another project	5.3	13.11.01
RCScompare	Compares a document to its last version from the RCS repository within WinEdt. (Requires a Revision Control System, like CS-RCS.)	5.3-5.6	23.12.04
SelectFromTOC	Select sectional unit in the text via the TOC tree	5.4-5.6	18.12.06

Contributions

Contributions of macros are always welcome.
Actually, The WinEdt Macro Library lives off the contributions (your contributions!)!

So, whenever you think that you have written a macro that could be useful to more people than just you, don't wait to submit it.

Read this, if you have decided to contribute or think about it.