Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals

[Emanuel Berg]

Ken Goldman <kgoldman@us.ibm.com> writes:

> As someone who uses keyboard macros constantly ...
>
> I think they're certainly faster to write than lisp,
> since there's no debug time.
>
> For some specialized task I'll probably never use
> again, I can probably write the macro with less
> keystrokes than calling up .emacs and typing in
> the elisp.
>
> For the rare times I think I'll need the command
> again, I assign it to a key chord or save it.

What do you typically produce with your macros? If you
give me a good example where the macro is the life
saver, I can think how I would do the same thing.

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