From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "roodwriter@core.com" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:35:18 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3FABCF4B.6030003@yahoo.com> Reply-To: roodwriter@core.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068234148 6762 80.91.224.253 (7 Nov 2003 19:42:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 19:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 07 20:42:26 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AICV0-0000AC-00 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 20:42:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AICZh-0000WH-UT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:47:17 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 23 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117982 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13920 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13920 Kevin Rodgers wrote: > roodwriter@core.com wrote: > >> One is a macro that reads the name of the file in your grep output and >> calls it up. Another will add groups of numbers and put the answer in >> your file. People that are much more technically adept than I am may have >> some macros that are almost magical. > > How does this differ from `M-x grep' followed by `C-x `'? > It just doesn't work as well for me. This does. It might be some kind of charming eccentricity of my machine. --Rod -- Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answered for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html To reply by e-mail, take the extra "o" out of the name.