Re: [CVS] f7, f8 bound..

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Hmm, what I was thinking was that it would end the macro definition, and
>     immediately execute the macro.  I'm not sure that there's much
>     advantage to having it just end the macro,
> 
> Simplicity is the advantage.
> 
> But what actually has been implemented?  Does C-x e just close the macro
> definition, or does it execute the macro again?

`C-x e' ends the definition; after that repeating `e' will call the macro.

E.g. in [C-x ( .... C-x e e e], the `C-x e' ends the macro and `e e' then
executes it twice.

Keeping C-x ) with the current binding (kmacro-end-macro) will have
the advantage that C-x ( .... C-x ) simply defines the macro, but it
cannot be called immediately by repeating ), 

i.e. with C-x ( ... C-x ) you can insert a `)' or `e' immediately
after defining the macro if you need to, whereas using C-x ( ... C-x e
does not allow you to insert an `e' immediately after defining the
macro.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk