[HotKeyNet] using macros out of game?

I had an idea, use hotkeynet for my macros. Create hotkeys that do complicated stuff, and not waste space in my actionbars for stuff I only use occasionally (like my "accept stuff" macro)

Is this a bad idea? All I plan on doing is sending text sequences via a hotkey like

Code:

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<hotkey CTRL 1>
<sendwin Wow1>
<key /cast [target=party1target] lightning bolt>

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I'm not sure if I got the syntax for HKN right, but you get the idea. Then I could have one place to edit my macros from, rather than dealing with the wow WTF folder. Or am I better off just using the regular in game macro system, and keybind stuff there?

I'm not an expert on Blizzard's rules but people have told me that sending chat line commands is (or might be) a violation. I'm glad you're asking and I'm looking forward to hearing what people say. It would be interesting to see some blue quotes about this from the WoW forums.

Blizzard say you aren't allowed to do stuff you can't do in game, and this can be achieved by a macro so I would suggest asking on the WoW CS forums if nothing has been posted about it on these forums yet.

I personally think that if you avoid the things Blizzard don't want ....(ie waits between commands, decisions, sequences) then this is fine. ie if you send a command '/use hearthstone' or /startattack' as a single action, I don't see why this would be a problem.