d5.01.02 Introduce a new macro command

Summary:

This document describes how to define and use macro commands in Python.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. What is a macro?
• 3. Use macros
• 4. Define a macro command in Python
  • 4.1. Write the macro command catalog
  • 4.2. Define the type of product concepts
• 5. Define the body of the macro
  • 5.1. Organization of the modules
  • 5.2. Transmission of keywords from the macro to the construction method (the body)
  • 5.3. Call a command in the body of the macro
  • 5.4. Naming the concepts produced in the body by the macro
  • 5.5. Retrieving exceptions in a macro
  • 5.6. Access product concepts before the macro
  • 5.7. Number the macro
  • 5.8. Dealing with errors
  • 5.9. The displays
  • 5.10. Identify the concepts produced by the macro
  • 5.11. Dynamic creation of orders: variable number of keywords, contextual content
  • 5.12. Call to an external code
  • 5.13. Programming rules
• 6. Consideration on the use of macros in Python
  • 6.1. Definition of an out-of-catalog macro