Re: How to increase a number under cursor?

[David Kastrup]

Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

> Wang Yin <wang-y01@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn> writes:
> 
> > I want to record a macro to type flexible numbered lists.
> > for example:
> 
> Are you talking about a keyboard macro?
> 
> [...]
> > The only problem I meet is how to increase the number under
> > the cursor?
> 
> It is not clear to me what you want here. Do you simply want a
> function that deletes the number at point and inserts number + X
> into the buffer again? What do you want to achieve?

Well, with a development Emacs we have the silly answer: type
M-# e 1 + q

Which will incidentally also increment -3/8 to 5:8, and simplify
polynomial expressions and stuff.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum