From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Macro restore from buffer Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:46:38 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1160163894.598295.70960@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160167650 15302 80.91.229.2 (6 Oct 2006 20:47:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 20:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 06 22:47:29 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 1GVwb4-0007AC-DF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:47:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVwb3-0002TR-W5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:47:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GVwap-0002TH-TI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GVwao-0002T3-4R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVwan-0002Sz-UV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:46:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GVwhl-0007oY-0Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmsgw01.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw01.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.51]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k96KkltM008607; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:46:47 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-whq-csvpn-gw3-141-144-83-144.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.83.144]) by rgmsgw01.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with SMTP id k96Kkj1o021961; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:46:46 -0600 Original-To: "gonzo" , X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <1160163894.598295.70960@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE 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:37856 Archived-At: Wimped out and dumped a keyboard macro into a buffer, saved to file then exited emacs before figuring out about name-kbd-macro etc. Question: can I load the "macro file" into a buffer and then store it out somehow as a macro, or am I just outta luck? It's a somewhat complex sequence and it worked perfectly. I'm no expert on this, but try selecting the dumpted text and then using `M-x read-kbd-macro'. And see the doc for this command.