From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Baurzhan Ismagulov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: pasting many times Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:36:19 +0200 Message-ID: <20061024193619.GB15906@radix50.net> References: <20061023161409.GH12474@radix50.net> <87mz7mu7s9.fsf@hans.local.net> <20061023205214.GE30343@radix50.net> <87ejsyu42f.fsf@hans.local.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161718626 31732 80.91.229.2 (24 Oct 2006 19:37:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 24 21:36:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcS4y-0005nX-Im for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:36:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcS4y-0004ey-5Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:36:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcS4G-0004Qz-1f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:36:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcS4A-0004Oh-Rm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcS4A-0004OX-I6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [151.189.21.45] (helo=mail-in-05.arcor-online.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GcS4A-0006m6-6U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.16]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D74183457 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:35:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (mail-in-12.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.52]) by mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A8B7ABCBC for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:35:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from alatau.radix50.net (dslb-088-064-029-025.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.64.29.25]) by mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFAF6F5FBE for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:35:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from alatau.radix50.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alatau.radix50.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id k9OJaJ2k017046 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:36:19 +0200 Original-Received: (from ibr@localhost) by alatau.radix50.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k9OJaJrx017045 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:36:19 +0200 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ejsyu42f.fsf@hans.local.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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:38251 Archived-At: On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:15:20PM +0200, Dieter Wilhelm wrote: > > I see :) , let me rephrase: My problem isn't much the number of > > keystrokes, but an ability to repeat a simple command a certain number > > of times, just like C-x RET c RET . Defining a macro > > for such a thing just seems to be an overkill. > > C-x z (repeat) and then just zzzzzz (assuming Emacs 22.0.50). Rephrasing again: the number of keystrokes is still important at the second priority :) . > No it isn't, M-5 9 C-y means that the command returns the 59th > previous entry of the kill-ring list. > > (length kill-ring)60 > M-100 C-y seems to circle through the kill-ring. Uh. Does anyone actually use this? I personally don't remember the previous entry, let alone the 59th previous. Once I killed a block and forgot to yank it; then, I was able to recover it from the clipboard buffer. > Why on earth do you need to paste the same paragraph 59 fold? Glossary markup in a DocBook document. > maybe there is a better solution for the complete problem, maybe we > could change something with C-M-% automagically? > > Maybe it makes more sense to copy and edit the paragraphs more > incrementally? Couldn't think of anything like that, open to suggestions. With kind regards, Baurzhan.