[ *Question* ]<br>Is it possible to mark files in dired and then run a macro on all<br>the selected files?<br><br>[ *Background* ]<br>The macro finds and deletes certain portions/paragraphs from text<br>files to cut them down in size so that I can read them easier and quicker.<br>
<br>But I am getting tired of loading one file at a time into Emacs to<br>run the macro ( via ^u 0 MX macro1 ). I do this about 100x/day. So is there a<br>quicker/better way to run a macro en mass?<br><br>[ *What I Have Tried, but Hasn&#39;t Worked* ]<br>
As an example<br>1. I load 10 text files into emacs, thus creating 10 separate<br>buffers.<br>2. Then tried creating another macro that calls the first macro,<br>and also saves the edited and much smaller file, and then kills the buffer<br>
3.  So, for 10 files, I would call macro2 via [ ^u 10 Mx macro2 ]<br>4. The problem, I am having is that the 2nd macro doesn&#39;t record<br>the save or the kill. So, I tried to edit the saved macro2 via [<br>Mx edit-named-k TAB RET macro2 ]. I add the commands [ ^x ^s ]<br>
and [ ^x k RET ], and do a [ c ^c ]. The changes are saved, but<br>when I try again, the 2nd macro calls macro1 to do its magic, but<br>the modifications aren&#39;t saved, nor is the buffer killed. So,<br>only one of the 10 files files has been modified. <br>
<br>[ *What I have learned* ]<br>A lot, since I am a completely new to this. Learned a little bit about Git,<br>compiling, Org-mode. Currently, reading the both manuals ( emacs<br>and Lisp how2 ).  <br><br>I&#39;m looking forward to learning more, but starting to get a bit<br>
frustated. Hope you could offer some insight/assistance. Thanks<br><br>[ *Info* ] <br>emacs-snapshot ( GNU Emacs 23.0.95.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+<br>Version 2.16.4) of 2009-07-03<br>