marco code, not fully functional yet

content/events.js

@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
         }
     }
 
+    var macros = {};
+    var isRecording = false;
+    var currentMacro; 
+
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////}}}
     ////////////////////// PUBLIC SECTION //////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{{{
@@ -253,6 +257,23 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
 
         wantsModeReset: true, // used in onFocusChange since Firefox is so buggy here
 
+        startRecording: function (reg)
+        {
+            isRecording = true;
+            vimperator.modes.add(vimperator.modes.RECORDING);
+            currentMacro = reg;
+            macros[currentMacro] = "";
+            vimperator.echo("recording into register " + currentMacro + "...");
+        },
+
+        playMacro: function (reg)
+        {
+            if (macros[reg])
+                vimperator.events.feedkeys(macros[reg], true);  // true -> noremap
+            else
+                vimperator.echoerr("Register '" + reg + " not set");
+        },
+
         destroy: function ()
         {
             // removeEventListeners() to avoid mem leaks
@@ -570,6 +591,23 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
             if (!key)
                  return true;
 
+            if (isRecording)
+            {
+                if (key == "q") // TODO: should not be hardcoded
+                {
+                    isRecording = false;
+                    vimperator.modes.remove(vimperator.modes.RECORDING);
+                    vimperator.echo("recorded " + currentMacro + " : " + macros[currentMacro]); // DEBUG:
+                    event.preventDefault(); // XXX: or howto stop that key beeing processed?
+                    event.stopPropagation();
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else if (!vimperator.mappings.hasMap(vimperator.mode, vimperator.input.buffer + key))
+                {
+                    macros[currentMacro] += key;
+                }
+            } 
+
             var stop = true; // set to false if we should NOT consume this event but let also firefox handle it
 
             var win =  document.commandDispatcher.focusedWindow;
@@ -673,11 +711,11 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
             else if (vimperator.input.pendingArgMap)
             {
                 vimperator.input.buffer = "";
-
+                var tmp = vimperator.input.pendingArgMap; // must be set to null before .execute; if not
+                vimperator.input.pendingArgMap = null;    // v.inputpendingArgMap is still 'true' also for new feeded keys
                 if (key != "<Esc>" && key != "<C-[>")
-                    vimperator.input.pendingArgMap.execute(null, vimperator.input.count, key);
+                    tmp.execute(null, vimperator.input.count, key);
 
-                vimperator.input.pendingArgMap = null;
             }
             else if (map)
             {

content/mappings.js

@@ -1290,7 +1290,21 @@ vimperator.Mappings = function () //{{{
             help: "Repeat the last search 1 time (until count is supported) in the opposite direction."
         }
     ));
-
+    addDefaultMap(new vimperator.Map([vimperator.modes.NORMAL], ["q"],
+        function (arg) { vimperator.events.startRecording(arg); },
+        {
+            shortHelp: "record a macro into a register",
+            help: "record a macro; [a-zA-Z0-9] are valid registers",
+            flags: vimperator.Mappings.flags.ARGUMENT
+        }
+    ));
+    addDefaultMap(new vimperator.Map([vimperator.modes.NORMAL], ["@"], 
+        function (arg) { vimperator.events.playMacro(arg); },
+        {
+            shortHelp: "play a macro",
+            flags: vimperator.Mappings.flags.ARGUMENT
+        }
+    ));
     // }}}
     // HINTS mode
     // {{{

content/modes.js

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ vimperator.modes = (function () //{{{
                 ext = " (always)"; break;
             case vimperator.modes.MENU: // TODO: desirable?
                 ext = " (menu)"; break;
+            case vimperator.modes.RECORDING:
+                ext = " (recording)"; break;
         }
 
         switch (main)
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ vimperator.modes = (function () //{{{
         ALWAYS_HINT:      1 << 17,
         MENU:             1 << 18, // a popupmenu is active
         LINE:             1 << 19, // linewise visual mode
+        RECORDING:        1 << 20,
 
         __iterator__: function ()
         {