From: super-nub <scame@fastmail.fm>
To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Run Shell Command on Buffer
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:44:42 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8599699.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1169719898.5250.1171149107@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Whoops, sorry, replied to the wrong post...
C-u C-space is also quite handy, I will try to write a macro that automates
eveything, thx!
super-nub wrote:
>
> Wow, "occur" totally RULES! That's even more than I wanted to achieve!
> :) Thanks!
> The problem how to run an arbitrary shell command on the current file --
> be it via the text in the buffer or via the filename -- remains. Any
> ideas on that?
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:32:16 -0500, "Barry Margolin"
> <barmar@alum.mit.edu> said:
>> In article <mailman.3545.1169683280.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
>> super-nub <scame@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Pete,
>> >
>> > for example I want to execute `grep' on my buffer/file to get a survey
>> of the
>> > section headings in my document (that I keep in a special format for
>> this
>> > purpose), e.g.:
>> >
>> > $ egrep '^\s*-[[:upper:]]+' myfile
>> > $ -INTRODUCTION
>> > $ -BLA BLA
>> > $ -BLA 2
>> > $ -MAIN PART
>> > $ -MISCELLANEOUS
>> > $ -ETC BLA BLA
>> >
>> > shell-command-on-region turned out to be a bit impractical, because I
>> lose my
>> > current position in the document, as the cursor jumps to the beginning
>> when
>> > running shell-command-on-region. I guess I would have to write a LISP
>> macro
>> > to fix that...!?
>>
>> The mark-whole-buffer command (C-x h) pushes a mark at the original
>> location. So after you run shell-command-on-region, you can use C-u
>> C-space C-u C-space to get back to where you were.
>>
>> --
>> Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
>> Arlington, MA
>> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
>> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-25 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-24 21:02 Run Shell Command on Buffer super-nub
2007-01-24 21:24 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-01-24 23:40 ` super-nub
2007-01-25 6:47 ` reader
2007-01-25 10:52 ` super-nub
2007-01-25 15:45 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.3545.1169683280.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-25 2:32 ` Barry Margolin
2007-01-25 10:11 ` scame
2007-01-25 10:44 ` super-nub [this message]
[not found] <mailman.3538.1169672554.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-24 21:58 ` Marc Tfardy
2007-01-25 0:01 ` scame
[not found] <mailman.3575.1169739977.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-25 20:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2007-01-25 21:04 ` Drew Adams
[not found] <mailman.3595.1169759151.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-26 15:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
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