From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jussi Piitulainen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: CTL-u for complicated commands Date: 15 Aug 2003 15:38:47 +0300 Organization: University of Helsinki Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060951691 3691 80.91.224.253 (15 Aug 2003 12:48:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 15 14:48:10 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19ne02-0003Fx-00 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:48:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19ndzZ-0003kK-Ny for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:47:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tdcnorge.no!uninett.no!uio.no!newsfeed.kolumbus.fi!newsfeed2.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!news.cc.tut.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.ling.helsinki.fi Original-X-Trace: oravannahka.helsinki.fi 1060951128 6833 128.214.78.39 (15 Aug 2003 12:38:48 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@helsinki.fi Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Aug 2003 12:38:48 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115912 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11829 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11829 schaecsn writes: > I can repeat commands via CTL-u . That doesn't work > always. > > Example: I want to format each paragraph in a text with ALT-q, so what > I would like to do is: > > CTL-u ALT-q . > > Any ideas who this can be done? Make a keyboard macro and then repeat that. Your macro would be `C-x ( Alt-q C-x )'. Then you try it a couple of times with `C-x e', and when it seems right, you do `C-u verybignum C-x e'. -- Jussi