From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Saving macros defined on-the-fly (F3, F4) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:39:25 +1100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="189301"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 27 08:40:15 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gnf39-000n8r-KS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:40:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41841 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gnf38-0001zc-2j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:40:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gnf2e-0001zA-7U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:39:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gnf2d-0003Pk-Jx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:39:44 -0500 Original-Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:40921) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gnf2b-0003K7-NI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:39:43 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 193.119.71.194 Original-Received: from epi.local (193-119-71-194.tpgi.com.au [193.119.71.194]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E194A60003 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2019 07:39:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.195 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:119164 Archived-At: > [snipped] to save a macro quickly defined using F3 and F4=20 > and have it recalled at a later time and run by pressing F4 ? (info "(Emacs)Save Keyboard Macro=E2=80=9D) says =E2=80=94 quote To avoid problems caused by overriding existing bindings, the key sequences =E2=80=98C-x C-k 0=E2=80=99 through =E2=80=98C-x C-k 9=E2=80=99 = and =E2=80=98C-x C-k A=E2=80=99 through =E2=80=98C-x C-k Z=E2=80=99 are reserved for your own keyboard macro bindings. =E2=80=94 quote ends Before learning this, I had been binding macro to undefined keys.=20 Typically, prefering the hyper and, secondly, the super modifier.=