Map multiple actions to one button

So, I’ve been out of the loop for quite some time… Decided to check out recent RA builds and found a problem with controls.

A few versions back (1.6 and older) it was possible to make shortcuts like map 3 Punches to LT or buttons ABCD to RB (it was pretty useful in games like Samurai Shodown 5 and Marvel vs). And I cannot find it anywhere in the new 1.7.7

Help?

I believe that was a function of the core (FBNeo) rather than of RetroArch itself.

It was used in all versions of FBA. So, was it removed?

I believe so, yes. I believe it was because of the feeling that button macros don’t belong in the core but rather in the frontend, which is true, but I understand that it doesn’t solve the fact that they’re not available in any form anymore.

Well that’s a bummer… Thanks )

Pardon the ignorance, but what does it mean for them to be in the frontend? Is it possible to add them ourselves?