Re: line numbers

[Kevin Rodgers]

Lee Sau Dan wrote:

> > > > > > "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <bkorb@veritas.com> writes:
>
>     Bruce> Because sometimes I want to X-clip a block of text with
>     Bruce> line numbers and email or print it.  In the end, I fire up
>     Bruce> vi.  Doing this in emacs is too non-obvious.
>
> M-< M->  M-| cat -n RET  and then do  whatever you like in  the *Shell
> Command Output* buffer.

I find `C-x h' easier than `M-< M->'.  See the "Marking Objects" node in the
Emacs manual for similar useful commands.

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