From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Emacs manual desribes keyboard macros in the wrong section. Date: 26 Feb 2003 17:32:59 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xheart32c.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046274031 8841 80.91.224.249 (26 Feb 2003 15:40:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18o3fT-0002I7-00 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:40:23 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18o3vx-0000Nc-00 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:57:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18o3aM-0000OX-02 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:35:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18o3Zk-00089X-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:34:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18o3ZQ-0007qb-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18o3ZG-0007b2-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:33:58 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 4776E7C018 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:33:56 +0100 (CET) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11983 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11983 The keyboard macro feature is currently described under customizations (in custom.texi), but IMO keyboard macros are not customizations (unless you name them etc. which I believe is not the typical use of keyboard macros). In my experience, the typical use of keyboard macros is for doing repeated editing similar to "search and replace". Therefore, I suggest moving the section on keyboard macro feature into a separate chapter after the three chapters: "Searching and Replacement", "Replacement Commands", and "Commands for Fixing Typos", as yet another (generic and powerful) way of doing "mass editing". I'm currently working on documenting the enhanced kmacro commands (ready in 1-2 weeks), and the text will grow quite a lot compared to the current text. This could also indicate that a separate chapter on the topic would be better. WDYT?