delete text block

delete text block

[Herbert Fritsch]

Hi

There are some text blocks. They all are different but beginn with the same
word and end with the same "lastword*".There are many lines. How can I
delete these blocks? 

Thanks for help

Herbert

Re: delete text block

[roodwriter]

Herbert Fritsch wrote:

> Hi
> 
> There are some text blocks. They all are different but beginn with the
> same word and end with the same "lastword*".There are many lines. How can
> I delete these blocks?
> 
> Thanks for help
> 
> Herbert

Would a macro work? Search for the first word, then start a region (set 
mark), search for the ending word, then delete. Repeat.

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Re: delete text block

[Herbert Fritsch]

Sorry, my question was not clear. I need a regular expression for this.
Herbert

Re: delete text block

[Bruce Ingalls]

Herbert Fritsch wrote:
> There are some text blocks. They all are different but beginn with the same
> word and end with the same "lastword*".There are many lines. How can I
> delete these blocks? 

With transient-mark-mode, and perhaps pc-keys, I can do S-move cursor
then do a search, which selects a region, which can be deleted, cut, or 
copied.

BTW, in Emacs v21.3.50.1, S-C-right/left no longer works properly: 
nothing gets selected.
I first have to select at least one char with S-arrow, and then continue.

Re: delete text block

[Stefan Monnier]

> There are some text blocks. They all are different but beginn with the same
> word and end with the same "lastword*".There are many lines. How can I
> delete these blocks? 

C-M-% firstword\(.* C-q C-j \)*.*lastword RET RET


        Stefan