From: Ken Goldman <kgoldman@us.ibm.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs for beginners (copy and paste)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:43:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <klmbft$kc4$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-D86CA9.15401512042013@news.eternal-september.org>
On 4/12/2013 3:40 PM, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <8e85c07f-e123-489d-9575-7de4e6063a86@googlegroups.com>,
> piconese.as@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi!!! I'm starting to use EMACS and I'have a problem:
>>
>> I want to copy and paste the values of alpha_eff delta_eff gamma_eff.
>
> Look into keyboard macros. You record a sequence of keyboard commands,
> and then tell Emacs to rerun them. You can tell it how many times to run
> it over and over.
+1
If you're new to emacs, keyboard macros are the first 'advanced' feature
you want to learn.
There are usually more elegant ways to do things if you want to write
code, but keyboard macros require no coding and are perfect for one-time
automation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-29 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-12 9:47 emacs for beginners (copy and paste) piconese.as
2013-04-12 19:40 ` Barry Margolin
2013-04-29 17:43 ` Ken Goldman [this message]
2013-04-13 8:31 ` Peter Dyballa
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2013-04-12 23:28 Buchs, Kevin
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