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* delete text block
@ 2003-11-14 17:35 Herbert Fritsch
  2003-11-14 19:04 ` roodwriter
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From: Herbert Fritsch @ 2003-11-14 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)


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

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* Re: delete text block
  2003-11-14 17:35 delete text block Herbert Fritsch
@ 2003-11-14 19:04 ` roodwriter
  2003-11-15  9:45   ` Herbert Fritsch
  2003-11-14 21:41 ` Bruce Ingalls
  2003-11-16 23:14 ` Stefan Monnier
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: roodwriter @ 2003-11-14 19:04 UTC (permalink / raw)


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
  2003-11-14 17:35 delete text block Herbert Fritsch
  2003-11-14 19:04 ` roodwriter
@ 2003-11-14 21:41 ` Bruce Ingalls
  2003-11-16 23:14 ` Stefan Monnier
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Ingalls @ 2003-11-14 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)


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.

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* Re: delete text block
  2003-11-14 19:04 ` roodwriter
@ 2003-11-15  9:45   ` Herbert Fritsch
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Fritsch @ 2003-11-15  9:45 UTC (permalink / raw)


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

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* Re: delete text block
  2003-11-14 17:35 delete text block Herbert Fritsch
  2003-11-14 19:04 ` roodwriter
  2003-11-14 21:41 ` Bruce Ingalls
@ 2003-11-16 23:14 ` Stefan Monnier
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2003-11-16 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)


> 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

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