* delete the first few chars of each line
@ 2003-09-21 19:43 Zimmen Gnauh
2003-09-21 19:51 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-22 20:08 ` Pascal Bourguignon
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Zimmen Gnauh @ 2003-09-21 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To delete the first 10 chars of a line. Is there any simpler way
than the following:
(let beg (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
(delete-region beg 10))
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread* Re: delete the first few chars of each line 2003-09-21 19:43 delete the first few chars of each line Zimmen Gnauh @ 2003-09-21 19:51 ` David Kastrup 2003-09-21 20:21 ` Stefan Monnier 2003-09-22 20:08 ` Pascal Bourguignon 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: David Kastrup @ 2003-09-21 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw) Zimmen Gnauh <yah00204052@yahoo.com> writes: > To delete the first 10 chars of a line. Is there any simpler way > than the following: > > (let beg (progn (beginning-of-line) (point)) > (delete-region beg 10)) This is a trick question. The code above does something completely different. I'd probably do something like (progn (beginning-of-line) (delete-region (point) (+ 10 (point)))) -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: delete the first few chars of each line 2003-09-21 19:51 ` David Kastrup @ 2003-09-21 20:21 ` Stefan Monnier 2003-09-21 20:49 ` David Kastrup 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2003-09-21 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw) > (delete-region (point) (+ 10 (point)))) Isn't this (delete-char 10) ? Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: delete the first few chars of each line 2003-09-21 20:21 ` Stefan Monnier @ 2003-09-21 20:49 ` David Kastrup 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: David Kastrup @ 2003-09-21 20:49 UTC (permalink / raw) "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: > > (delete-region (point) (+ 10 (point)))) > > Isn't this (delete-char 10) ? Only if you have a brain. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: delete the first few chars of each line 2003-09-21 19:43 delete the first few chars of each line Zimmen Gnauh 2003-09-21 19:51 ` David Kastrup @ 2003-09-22 20:08 ` Pascal Bourguignon 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Pascal Bourguignon @ 2003-09-22 20:08 UTC (permalink / raw) Zimmen Gnauh <yah00204052@yahoo.com> writes: > To delete the first 10 chars of a line. Is there any simpler way > than the following: > > (let beg (progn (beginning-of-line) (point)) > (delete-region beg 10)) C-h f let RET (while (re-search-forward "^.........." nil t) (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0))) or if you don't need it in a script: M-x replace-regexp RET ^.......... RET RET -- __Pascal_Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ Do not adjust your mind, there is a fault in reality. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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