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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs 24.3.50 freezing in unusable state.
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:21:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1DBBF685-DDA9-49CE-9991-630CCCC0B171@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130929144139.6e419fff@london>

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Am 29.09.2013 um 15:41 schrieb Sharon Kimble:

> Is there a way of automating the commenting out half the .emacs please
> rather than having to do it tediously by hand? 

You have at least two options: Either use the rectangle functions Sean mentioned, or use the function comment-region. Leave .emacs in the other Emacs open, but saved, and you can undo what you just did or some time ago when you've finished bisecting.

- --
Greetings

  Pete

When you meet a master swordsman,
show him your sword.
When you meet a man who is not a poet,
do not show him your poem.
			– Rinzai, ninth century Zen master

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-29 15:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-28  8:53 emacs 24.3.50 freezing in unusable state Sharon Kimble
2013-09-28 16:16 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-09-28 17:03   ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-28 17:46     ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-28 18:20       ` Peter Dyballa
2013-09-28 18:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-09-28 18:44   ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-29 10:39   ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-29 11:31     ` Peter Dyballa
2013-09-29 13:41       ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-29 13:48         ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2013-09-29 14:07         ` Sean Sieger
2013-09-29 15:21         ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
2013-09-30  7:38           ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-30  9:21             ` Peter Dyballa
2013-09-30 11:04               ` Sharon Kimble
2013-09-30 15:01                 ` Peter Dyballa

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