Good Text Editor With Macros
Have a look at geany, that you can install from the repository universe
sudo apt update
sudo apt install geany
You find information about macros for geany by searching the internet for geany macro.
Try:
- vi
- vim.tiny
- vim
- gvim
I also had trouble getting the macro plugin to work with gedit. I haven't given up yet, but it was taking too long to be worth it today.