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From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: capture buffer to a logfile?
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:43:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2vki39F2mkmlpU1@uni-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10p9sfqllhlkoee@corp.supernews.com>

Mike wrote:
 > I'm trying to convert some people to emacs and one of the features
 > they currently use is 'screen captures' to powerpoint.  These screen
 > captures are 99% text. What I'm thinking of is a small bit of code to
 > capture the current buffer from the first line on the screen
 > (displayed) to the last line on the screen (displayed, so it's not the
 > whole buffer, just what's visible), then copy that hunk to another
 > buffer that is their predefined (in .emacs?)  log file. First put a
 > timestamp, then the copied lines, then a few blank lines, then save
 > and let the user continue editing.
 >
 > Anyone have this bit of code?

(copy-region-as-kill (window-start) (window-end))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-12 19:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-12 17:25 capture buffer to a logfile? Mike
2004-11-12 19:43 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2004-11-14 17:16   ` Mike

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