Re: how do I save a region to file?

Re: how do I save a region to file?

[Phaustus]

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Hi,

I would just like to know the shortest key sequence that can be
used to save the currently-selected region to a file.  A bit like C-x i,
except in reverse.

Thanks,

Ph

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RE: how do I save a region to file?

[Drew Adams]

> I would just like to know the shortest key sequence that can be 
> used to save the currently-selected region to a file.

M-x write-region.

(M-x apropos is your friend.)

Re: how do I save a region to file?

[rustom]

On Nov 12, 4:29 am, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > I would just like to know the shortest key sequence that can be
> > used to save the currently-selected region to a file.  A bit like C-x i,
> > except in reverse.
>
> M-x wr-r RET
>
>         Stefan "who actually has code that finds this for you"

Some new kind of completion here - whats the hyphen?

  Rusi "who after 20 years emacs usage remains a noob"

Re: how do I save a region to file?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> On Nov 12, 4:29 am, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> > I would just like to know the shortest key sequence that can be
>> > used to save the currently-selected region to a file.  A bit like C-x i,
>> > except in reverse.
>>
>> M-x wr-r RET
>>
>>         Stefan "who actually has code that finds this for you"
>
> Some new kind of completion here - whats the hyphen?

Yes, emacs-23 completion has been improved, and it's very nice.


>   Rusi "who after 20 years emacs usage remains a noob"

The target is big, but it's moving fast! :-)

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/
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RE: how do I save a region to file?

[Drew Adams]

> I would just like to know the shortest key sequence that can be 
> used to save the currently-selected region to a file.

Answer: The shortest key sequence that you want to sacrifice to `write-region'.

Personally, I use a command `region-to-file', which does `write-region' or, with
a prefix arg, `append-to-file'.  I bind it to `C-x M-f' (which doesn't win
awards for shortness, but is fine for a command I don't use super often).  It's
here: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/misc-cmds.el.