From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Sullivan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Operate on region string Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:20:25 -0400 Message-ID: <87mz8vcxcm.fsf@ashbery.wjsullivan.net> References: <871wq9mr5h.fsf@gmail.com> <878xkhe9yz.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> <87psdtwe8g.fsf@gmail.com> <871wq9wcax.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158725091 20065 80.91.229.2 (20 Sep 2006 04:04:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:04:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 20 06:04:49 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GPtKB-0008Lm-90 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:04:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GPtKA-0003Lo-If for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:04:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GPtJu-0003LT-Ni for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:04:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GPtJt-0003Ko-34 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:04:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GPtJs-0003Kj-RG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:04:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GPtN5-0004zZ-Hq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:07:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GPtJg-0008H4-4p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:04:08 +0200 Original-Received: from dsl092-079-150.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.79.150]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:04:08 +0200 Original-Received: from john by dsl092-079-150.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:04:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl092-079-150.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZD1UyGsQlBFDChDv86o0G1TK2y8= 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:37503 Archived-At: Hadron Quark writes: > Wrks grt thnks : 'll stp thrgh nd lrn frm t - thnks lt. Depending on how many or what kind of operations you want to do on a region, you may find it helpful to narrow to the region in the buffer that you are operating on. See narrow-to-region. -- -John Sullivan -http://www.wjsullivan.net -GPG Key: AE8600B6