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Re: Randomly capitalise letters
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Johnny |
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Re: Randomly capitalise letters |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:20:39 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) |
"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
> Johnny <yggdrasil@gmx.co.uk> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am looking for a way to randomly capitalise letters in a word or a
>> region, but haven't found anything in the manual or online (someone must
>> have had this odd idea before I am sure!). Any help on how to achieve
>> this would be great! For clarity, I'd like to AchiEVe soMeTHiNg LIke
>> thIs.
>
> That's not a library command, that's for sure, but it's easy to write
> it. You can learn how to configure emacs to do this kind of things by
> reading:
>
>
> An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/ or M-: (info
> "(eintr)Top") RET
> (for non programmers)
>
> Emacs Lisp Manual
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/elisp.html or M-: (info
> "(elisp)Top") RET
>
> Emacs Manual
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/ or M-: (info "(emacs)Top") RET
>
>
> For example, you could write:
>
> (defun capitalize-randomly (start end)
> (interactive "r")
> (goto-char start)
> (while (< (point) end)
> (let ((ch (char-after (point))))
> (delete-region (point) (1+ (point)))
> (insert (format "%c" (if (zerop (random 2))
> (upcase ch)
> (downcase ch)))))))
>
>
> So with M-x capitalize-randomly RET you can get something like:
>
>> I Am LOOKIng FOr A way TO rAnDOMLy cAPiTalISe lettErS In A woRd or A
>> rEGIoN, BUT HaVen't fOuND anYTHiNG IN THe mANUal oR ONlINE (SomEoNe MuSt
>> HaVe HaD tHIs OdD iDea bEFOrE I Am sure!). AnY HElp ON hOW To AcHIevE
>> ThiS wOuLD be greAt! foR CLaRIty, i'd lIKE tO acHiEve sOmeTHiNg lIKE
>> ThIs.
Thanks Pascal, I will check out the links to try to learn some lisp,
it's long overdue!
All the best,
--
Johnny