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From: Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com>
Subject: Re: Count characters in emacs?
Date: 26 Feb 2003 19:15:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vfz6di1v.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 250220031421387958%skinny@bones.com

Big Slim <skinny@bones.com> writes:
> > If you're not using narrowing, it looks like C-= will do it.
> > 
> > If you are using narrowing, use C-x h to mark the whole buffer, and
> > then M-= to count the number of lines and characters in the region.
> > Note, this will destroy your point position, save it if ya need it.
> 
> Wow! Me likey! Wonder why I couldn't find that in my O'Reilly book?
> I'll have to look again...


Also better than a book:

     M-x apropos RET count RET


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-02-26 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-25 19:48 Count characters in emacs? Big Slim
2003-02-25 19:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-02-26 11:09   ` Francesco Scaglioni
2003-02-25 19:57 ` Aaron Son
2003-02-25 20:21   ` Big Slim
2003-02-25 21:18     ` Stefan Monnier
2003-02-25 23:58       ` Big Slim
2003-02-26  9:16         ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-26 18:15     ` Pascal Bourguignon [this message]

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