From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: replace-regexp question Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:32:50 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85vezjcnjx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85d5lsji7g.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <86oe5cm90i.fsf@flame.pc> <851x28hx8b.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130407307 23208 80.91.229.2 (27 Oct 2005 10:01:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 27 12:01:45 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EV4Xe-0006R9-04 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:59:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EV4Xd-0006D2-0U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:59:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YO2YfAin54b4NCHitXrayT3a+60= Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Oct 2005 11:32:49 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 5b6a78f8.newsread4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=O^=ofkEG7NHZYo_CH; Uk?N:ejgIfPPldDjW\KbG]kaMHU7^]5?JhlBNUbD7VnVIXVN1_LiI6ENVaM3>5MOK`3FKd6:j@ Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:135022 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:30611 Archived-At: Harald Hanche-Olsen writes: > + David Kastrup : > > | The example in the Emacs manual is more amusing in my opinion, but > | then I am biased. > | > | For computing replacement strings for `\,', the `format' function is > | often useful (*note Formatting Strings: (elisp)Formatting Strings.). > | For example, to add consecutively numbered strings like `ABC00042' to > | columns 73 to 80 (unless they are already occupied), you can use > > Cute, but only understandable by old geezers who remember punch > cards. Ahh, the days of Real programmers. You are biased. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum