Re: editing MathML parts with Amaya

[Wolfgang Jeltsch <wolfgang@jeltsch.net>]

Am Montag, 24. Januar 2005 18:29 schrieb Kevin Rodgers:
> [...]

> > So how do I filter parts of a buffer through a shell command so that the
> > respective part of the buffer is replaced by the command's output?
>
> (shell-command-on-region START END "your-shell-script" (current-buffer) t)
>
> > Can somebody of you imagine why the above error message appears?  Is there
> > a better way to invoke X clients for editing parts of a document?
>
> Sorry, I don't know.
>
> > How can I tell Emacs to search for the boundaries of a MathML part the
> > cursor is in, so that I don't have to mark the whole MathML fragment
> > before editing it? 
>
> (let ((mathml-start (re-search-backward ...))
>        (mathml-end (re-search-backward ...)))
>    (shell-command-on-region mathml-start mathml-end "your-shell-script"
>                             (current-buffer) t))

Thank you very much.  Thanks to your tips, I was able to implement a solution 
which basically works.  Interestingly, the X error message doesn't appear.

Best wishes,
Wolfgang