From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: cothrige Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Easy way to rename files sequentially? Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:18:03 GMT Organization: BellSouth Internet Group Message-ID: References: <87ejeexgfy.fsf@celephais.home.net> <871waeroap.fsf@newsguy.com> <8763zpwje7.fsf@newsguy.com> <3Z53j.7019$_m.4496@bignews4.bellsouth.net> <87ejeaqt77.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196271767 13043 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2007 17:42:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:42:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 28 18:42:54 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxQvC-00042Q-3u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:42:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IxQuw-0000o9-KS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:41:46 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!bigfeed2.bellsouth.net!bignumber.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!bignews1.bellsouth.net.POSTED!fb0cad44!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bellsouth.net X-Abuse-Info: Please forward a copy of all headers for proper handling Original-X-Trace: pcpocbcnbdmdhgfgdbdpiflmbcekedmfhojhikkbagflhcbomoojdedmompendbjaklaibpkiejbkedifkhknhclgnebhmkhfdonajpecbeoihokohpokmcfepkfjaomndmdlkglglgkfhkmgghbjjfoaiemglci Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:18:03 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:154225 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:49652 Archived-At: On 2007-11-28, Joel J. Adamson wrote: > > I hold my right pinky across the Shift and Control keys, depress the > right Alt with my right thumb, and then press 5 with my left hand. Cool. That worked. Unfortunately, I received "Invalid use of `\' in replacement text" Perhaps I am still misunderstanding the above commands, or maybe this is the problem others seem to have alluded to in some of the posts above, though I had thought that was # and not the \ itself. Patrick