From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gnuist Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Can sed or awk be called in emacs with a nice wrapper? Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 02:11:28 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34534"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 21 04:12:23 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sVM3j-0008pO-3R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:12:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sVM32-0005g2-Bw; Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sVM2z-0005fn-SU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:11:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40140.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.140]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sVM2x-0003RF-03 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:11:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1721527891; x=1721787091; bh=yiouLlme+bQSJCFswgRucsW2vh0G8+oTfO/sIQRgYA8=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=n9RV2C55BIXwvLkxqeEWkJpOMtHqbQenHoTptxDDM3JIUI8cmsqtZ1soUM6INeznr HT6d/0P8p89VpH+l3nq7uLdKWyT2N4HpgZXR2Ek3BeIWzVytQuhijsWJC1I2AQea/x xZwp4RDY72I71TQdNFmbaCgMiGJRxw32cH5/hQlhy/myO0qGbFYeXkZ0Z0yO6YYhDD xovCGuiWXpvOdIme+Qf1W2HUFASYOw/arMrB2QhYhzCQmmjZsj1fR0YgdiM4wopb3r /g6nVulEZdIJbLEmNIYKF5piS575FH5MIn38UHPLRWP4x5C9MlwIIUEkrWhryLLp+H 9/SzjlwJ1K76w== Feedback-ID: 115055493:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: e0aa6dfee4c4bf1dba7f064faa3c39618c3e53b3 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.140; envelope-from=gnuist@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40140.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147287 Archived-At: Basically, ediff-buffers provides a relatively improved wrapper around diff= , so in this manner, it might be possible to do what I am asking, replace-w= ithin-highlighted-region using sed or awk and avoid their condensed syntax. The perpetual problem is that of delimitation of a region within which to m= ake changes, almost reaching the level of parsing.