Emacs Macros Last changed: 2005-07-24 [8:08] Content: Notes on defining Emacs Macros   Back to Personal Wiki

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General notes

• When defining a macro including a search, then define the macro for the first edit and include the search to the next item in the macro. If this next item shout not be modified, just hit C-s C-s to repeat the search and jump to the next item.
• Use C-\ to undo a step
• Limit action of a macro by limiting to a region with C-n n
• Rebind the macro to a single key: (define-key global-map [f2] 'call-last-kbd-macro)
• C-x C-k C-h l -> Creates a macro of the last 100 keystrokes

Use registers to increment numbers in macros

• C-u 1 C-x r n a ;; put 1 in register a
• C-x ( ;; start macro
• hostname ;; type hostname
• C-x r i a ;; insert register a
• C-e ;; end of line
• C-x r + a ;; increment register a
• .lm.com<RET> ;; finish typing hostname
• C-x ) ;; finish keyboard macro

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