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charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-ID: >> My 2 cents: a typical case where this could be useful is: >> >> switch (foobar)=C2=A0{ >> case long_enum_value_name_a: printf ("a"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_b: printf ("b"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_c: printf ("c"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_d: printf ("d"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_e: printf ("e"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_f: printf ("f"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_g: printf ("g"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_h: printf ("h"); break; >> case long_enum_value_name_i: printf ("i"); break; >> default: printf ("?"); break; >> } > > Here's how I'd type this: > > case long_enum_value_name_a: printf ("a"); break; > c M-/ DEL b : p M-/ ("b"); b M-/ > c M-/ DEL c : p M-/ ("c"); b M-/ > c M-/ M-/ DEL d : p M-/ ("d"); b M-/ > > etc. (And if the series are indeed longer than a couple of lines, a=20 > rare case indeed, then a keyboard macro is in order.) > Yes, that's one way to do it, perhaps the most "emacsish" way to do it.=20 But it takes more keystrokes than what you write: case long_enum_value_name_a: printf ("a"); break; RET c M-/ SPC l M-/ DEL DEL b : SPC p M-/ SPC ("b"); b M-/ ; RET c M-/ SPC l M-/ DEL DEL c : SPC p M-/ SPC ("c"); b M-/ ; RET =2E.. And yes, keyboard macros can also be used. That doesn't mean that the proposed feature wouldn't be useful; I'd say=20 it's more intuitive: case long_enum_value_name_a: printf ("a"); break; RET C-u 8 C-x r z C-s a : RET C-b C-b C-d b C-n C-b C-d c C-n C-b C-d d =2E.. --Ke9KLbiAVA--