Replacing series of characters

Replacing series of characters

[lisa-asket]

I would like to be able to write `;h1` in emacs and be transformed to

`@c h1 *` when in texinfo-mode.  But only if it starts at the beginning

of the line. 



But actually I would like for this to happen in any mode, by replacing

`@c` with the comment label of the particular major mode I am in.

Re: Replacing series of characters

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: lisa-asket@perso.be
> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:48:05 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> I would like to be able to write `;h1` in emacs and be transformed to
> `@c h1 *` when in texinfo-mode.  But only if it starts at the beginning
> of the line. 
> 
> But actually I would like for this to happen in any mode, by replacing
> `@c` with the comment label of the particular major mode I am in.

M-; starts a comment in all major modes, is that what you want?

Replacing series of characters

[lisa-asket]

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Replacing series of characters
Date: 14/07/2021 13:36:31 Europe/Paris

> From: lisa-asket@perso.be
> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:48:05 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> I would like to be able to write `;h1` in emacs and be transformed to
> `@c h1 *` when in texinfo-mode.  But only if it starts at the beginning
> of the line. 
> 
> But actually I would like for this to happen in any mode, by replacing
> `@c` with the comment label of the particular major mode I am in.

M-; starts a comment in all major modes, is that what you want?

I want some kind of replacement, because I want to avoid having to press 

the Shift Key frequently to get `@` and `*`.  



I could write `;h1` to get `@c h1 *`, with the number of `*` being defined

by the numeric value preceeding the letter `h`.

Re: Replacing series of characters

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: lisa-asket@perso.be
> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:15:01 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> M-; starts a comment in all major modes, is that what you want?
> 
> I want some kind of replacement, because I want to avoid having to press 
> the Shift Key frequently to get `@` and `*`.  
> 
> I could write `;h1` to get `@c h1 *`, with the number of `*` being defined
> by the numeric value preceeding the letter `h`.

I don't understand: what Shift key?  M-; doesn't require any Shift
keys, and it inserts @c in Texinfo.  So what is the problem?

Re: Replacing series of characters

[Vagn Johansen]

lisa-asket@perso.be writes:

> I would like to be able to write `;h1` in emacs and be transformed to
>
> `@c h1 *` when in texinfo-mode.  But only if it starts at the beginning
>
> of the line. 
>

Look into abbrev-mode

-- 
Vagn Johansen