diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2f46bae7..ac058ec9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     * IMPORTANT: changed 'I' key to Ctrl-Q to also work in textboxes
     * IMPORTANT: :bmarks! and :history! open the matching items now in a tab, instead
       of bringing up the bookmarks/history window
+    * :macro for playing a recorded macro
     * :[del]macros [regex] for listing/deleting recorded macros
     * :set! now lets you change about:config prefs similar to :set
     * new :command to add user defined commands
diff --git a/content/commands.js b/content/commands.js
index 44e69e7a..d671011e 100644
--- a/content/commands.js
+++ b/content/commands.js
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ vimperator.Commands = function () //{{{
             completer: function (filter) { return vimperator.completion.autocommands(filter); }
         }
     ));
-    commandManager.add(new vimperator.Command(["mac[ros]"],
+    commandManager.add(new vimperator.Command(["macros"],
         function (arg)
         {
             var str = "<table>";
@@ -1472,6 +1472,21 @@ vimperator.Commands = function () //{{{
             help: "Delete recorded macros matching a regular expression."
         }
     ));
+    commandManager.add(new vimperator.Command(["mac[ro]"],
+        function (arg)
+        {
+            if (!arg)
+                vimperator.echoerr("E474: Invalid argument");
+            else
+                vimperator.events.playMacro(arg);
+        },
+        {
+            usage: ["delmac[ros] [regex]"],
+            shortHelp: "Delete macros matching a regex",
+            help: "Delete recorded macros matching a regular expression.",
+            completer: function (filter) { return vimperator.completion.macros(filter); }
+        }
+    ));
     // 0 args -> list all maps
     // 1 arg  -> list the maps starting with args
     // 2 args -> map arg1 to arg*
diff --git a/content/completion.js b/content/completion.js
index cc1d7edc..7e193f74 100644
--- a/content/completion.js
+++ b/content/completion.js
@@ -186,7 +186,21 @@ vimperator.Completion = function () //{{{
 
             return [0, buildLongestCommonSubstring(mapped, filter)];
         },
+        macros: function (filter)
+        {
+            var macros = [];
+            var tmp = vimperator.events.getMacros();
+            for (var item in tmp)
+                macros.push([item, tmp[item]]);
 
+            if (!filter)
+                return [0, macros];
+
+            var mapped = macros.map(function (macro) {
+                return [[macro[0]], macro[1]];
+            });
+            return [0, buildLongestCommonSubstring(mapped, filter)];
+        },
         // filter a list of urls
         //
         // may consist of search engines, filenames, bookmarks and history,
diff --git a/content/events.js b/content/events.js
index 086e76fa..73217052 100644
--- a/content/events.js
+++ b/content/events.js
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
 
         playMacro: function (macro)
         {
-            if (!/[a-zA-Z0-9@]/.test(macro))
+            if (!/[a-zA-Z0-9@]/.test(macro) && macro.length == 1)
             {
                 vimperator.echoerr("Register must be [a-z0-9]");
                 return false;
@@ -524,7 +524,10 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
             }
             else
             {
-                lastMacro = macro.toLowerCase(); // XXX: sets last playerd macro, even if it does not yet exist
+                if (macro.length == 1)
+                    lastMacro = macro.toLowerCase(); // XXX: sets last playerd macro, even if it does not yet exist
+                else
+                    lastMacro = macro; // e.g. long names are case sensitive
             }
 
             if (macros[lastMacro])
@@ -532,7 +535,7 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
                 vimperator.modes.isReplaying = true;
                 BrowserStop(); // make sure the page is stopped before starting to play the macro
                 vimperator.buffer.loaded = 1; // even if not a full page load, assume it did load correctly before starting the macro
-                vimperator.events.feedkeys(macros[lastMacro], true);  // true -> noremap
+                vimperator.events.feedkeys(macros[lastMacro], true); // true -> noremap
                 vimperator.modes.isReplaying = false;
             }
             else