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From: Frederick Bartlett <frederick.bartlett@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: removing extraneous information in repeat-complex-command
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 13:59:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJr-wt0KikORORSM4om2zQz--cpTJWnSicJZL66bBkFn2UJ3FQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Is there a simple way to resimplify complex commands?

E.g, after
     (query-replace "<^J/script>" "</script>" nil nil nil nil nil)

C-x ESC ESC produced
     (query-replace #("<^J/script>" 0 8 (syntax-table … )) "</script>" nil
nil nil nil nil)
     where … represents about 120k characters.
in the minibuffer.

I strongly prefer the former.

Alternatively, if this can only be solved via a macro, I'd appreciate a
clue or two. While I have written a few in the past, I'm not sure how to
approach this.

Thanks!
Fred


             reply	other threads:[~2023-01-07 18:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-07 18:59 Frederick Bartlett [this message]
2023-01-07 22:02 ` removing extraneous information in repeat-complex-command Emanuel Berg
2023-01-07 22:14 ` [External] : " Drew Adams

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