#### 4.6.1 Record

Syntax: `Record [0|1]`
Abbreviation: `REC`

sets the recording state flag. When this flag becomes true, `ne` starts recording your actions in a new macro. When it becomes false, the macro recording is stopped, and the macro can be played or saved via Play, or SaveMacro.

If you call invoke `Record` with no arguments, it will toggle the flag. If you specify 0 or 1, the flag will be set to false or true, respectively. An upper case ‘`R`’ will appear on the status bar if the flag is true.

The reason for providing a flag instead of an explicit start/stop recording command pair is that this way it is possible to bind both starting and stopping macro recording to a single key while still being able to specify “absolute” menu items (by using `Record 0` and `Record 1`). For instance, the default key binding for `<Control>-T` is simply `Record`, which means that this shortcut can be used both for initiating and for terminating a macro recording.