Re: Easy way to rename files sequentially?

[David Kastrup]

jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So which one is the counter, "\" or "#" ?
>
> `\' and `#' together are a symbol meaning a counter in a replacement
> pattern.  `\,' is the construct that says "LISP IS COMING!"
>
> In case I failed to mention,

It is not something to be proud of:

> I often use `(string-to-int \1)' for addition, e.g.
>
> \,(+ \# (string-to-int \1))

Why don't you write \,(+ \# \#1) instead?

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