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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs: adding 1 to every number made of 2 digits inside a marked region.
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:02:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0ece9c42fd41694f20bc@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGP6POKyRGYzBSQR7nvjqF-xUN2hf81TChno=0xn-tAEW2bJDA@mail.gmail.com>


>> This is a typical job for a macro.  Move the cursor to the beginning of 
>> the first item of the list, then do:
>>
>> C-x (
>> C-e
>> M-b
>> M-: (insert (format "%d" (1+ (number-at-point))))
>> C-k
>> C-a
>> C-n
>> C-x )
>>
>> Then type C-x e e e ...
>
> Seems complicated :-)
>

It isn't.  When you type C-x ( you start defining a macro, you just do 
what you want to do on a single item (and it's WYSIWIG!), and you end your 
macro definition with C-x ).  Then you repeat it on the other items.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-23 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-22 14:28 Emacs: adding 1 to every number made of 2 digits inside a marked region Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-22 19:50 ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-22 21:04   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23  0:23   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  7:24     ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-23  7:54       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  8:07         ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-23  9:00           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 10:07             ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-23 10:13               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 10:23                 ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-23 12:58                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 13:29                     ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-23 14:25                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-22 20:38 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23  0:42   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  0:46     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23  0:56       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  2:06         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23  2:12           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23  0:57     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23  8:02   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  8:37 ` Andreas Röhler
2021-09-23  9:05   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  9:58   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 10:10     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-23 10:17       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 13:08         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-23 11:59     ` Andreas Röhler
2021-09-23 13:14       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 13:51         ` Andreas Röhler
2021-09-23 14:23           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23  9:26 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-23  9:53   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-23 10:02     ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-09-23 14:13     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-23 23:50       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-24  0:23         ` Drew Adams
2021-09-24  2:34           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-24  3:01             ` Drew Adams
2021-09-24  7:25         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-24  7:32           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-23 11:50 ` Andreas Röhler
2021-09-26 22:54 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-09-26 23:50   ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-27  1:02   ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-27  1:22     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-27  5:57       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-28  1:32         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-27 10:59       ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-28  1:34         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-28  1:51           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-27  1:03   ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-27 14:08     ` Arthur Miller

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