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From: Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>
To: ishi soichi <soichi777@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: repeating input with different outputs
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:43:00 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ+Teof6nYVXh=n2mm=QEBVqVFM07O6r0JqLH2+ZC_BCx+97wA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEjRLuQ3EdB88vqY+bAZcSTcg_NOk33jgkVk=nT6sLDCENZUyQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:50 PM, ishi soichi <soichi777@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a question about typing (or programming, or maybe a macro).
> Say, I'm writing a text (which can be in any mode, html-mode, cpp-mode, or
> whatever)
> I would like to input like
> chapter 4.1
> chapter 4.2
> chapter 4.3
> ...
> chapter 4.46
> So, it is very tedious. I would rather set up a program or a command that
> can do this job instantaneously.
> Could Emacs do this?
> soichi

You may want to check out column editing mode (part of cua)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6BVjlBSVo



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-14 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-14 11:20 repeating input with different outputs ishi soichi
2011-10-14 11:29 ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-14 12:13 ` Rustom Mody [this message]
2011-10-14 17:43 ` Ken Goldman
2011-10-15  3:07   ` ishi soichi
2011-10-15  3:14 ` Tim Landscheidt
2011-10-15  4:46 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2011-10-15  8:17   ` XeCycle
2011-10-16  3:27     ` Tim Landscheidt
2011-10-15  7:50 ` Andreas Röhler

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