From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Hugo Mezarina <gnulinux0@aim.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do i run independent commands on the same defun?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:33:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <485E8CF4.2090806@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <485E75B5.5060003@aim.com>
Hugo Mezarina wrote:
> See... I want to run independent commads on the same defun...
> I want to write a function to do this:
>
> copy a region of the current buffer
> generete a new buffer
> paste that region in that new buffer
> sort the fields of the new region
>
> I want to do this inside of the body of a function. I'd like to know if
> there is a function like the one a propose on the next lines:
> eval-next-lines
>
> (defun copy-and-sort-in-newbuff (original-buff field-name)
> (eval-next-lines
> (generate-new-buffer (concat original-buff "-" field-name))
> (set-buffer original-buff)
> (copy-region-as-kill (point-min) (point-max))
> (set-buffer (concat original-buff "-" field_name))
> (yank)
> (sort-fields -1 (point-min)(point-max))
> )
> )
>
> If there is another way to do this... plesase let me know...
I might be misunderstanding you, but I think there is no need for
"eval-next-lines". That is what the defun does by default.
Though there are some other small problems in your code that you have to
play with a bit :-)
> I know it is rookie problem...but it is my current state on this field...
The interesting thing about a rocket is that it starts somewhere and
goes somewhere else.
> I appreciate your help on this!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Hugo
>
>
>
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2008-06-22 15:54 How do i run independent commands on the same defun? Hugo Mezarina
2008-06-22 17:33 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail) [this message]
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