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action:Semaphore_Lock [2019/08/25 20:43]
JMichaelTX Rev #2
action:Semaphore_Lock [2022/10/30 21:40]
peternlewis [Macros Triggered by the User]
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 ====== Semaphore Actions ====== ====== Semaphore Actions ======
  
-The //Semaphore actions// (Lock, Unlock and Reset) allow you prevent (a) multiple triggers of the same macro from executing simultaneously,​ and/or (b) multiple macros from executing simultaneously.+The //Semaphore actions// (Lock, Unlock and Reset) allow you to prevent (a) multiple triggers of the same macro from executing simultaneously,​ and/or (b) multiple macros from executing simultaneously.
  
 ===== Background ===== ===== Background =====
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 ==== Macros Triggered by the User ==== ==== Macros Triggered by the User ====
  
 +Although you rarely have multiple macros triggered at the same time, the normal behaviour in Keyboard Maestro is that all triggered macros run simultaneously,​ with actions from each independently triggered macro running at the same time.
  
-The normal case is that all triggered macros run simultaneously (or synchronously),​ although you rarely have multiple macros triggered at the same time. +Most macros are triggered explicitly by the user, and the user waits for them to complete before ​they trigger ​another macro. So macros triggered like this will rarely run at the same time.
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-Most macros are triggered explicitly by the user, and the user expects ​them to complete before ​he/she triggers ​another macro. So macros triggered like this will rarely run at the same time.+
  
 ==== Macros Triggered in the Background ==== ==== Macros Triggered in the Background ====
action/Semaphore_Lock.txt · Last modified: 2022/10/30 21:42 by peternlewis