Re: macro keybinding

[Kevin Rodgers]

Stefan Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
> since Yesterdy I try to understand emacs, so I'm a bloody newbie.
> I habve a question on macro keybindings. In the manual I've read:
> "If you give |insert-kbd-macro| a numeric argument, it makes additional 
> Lisp code to record the keys (if any) that you have bound to macroname, 
> so that the macro will be reassigned the same keys when you load the file. "
> But I don't understand that. I don't know, how to save the keybinding 
> for a defined macro forever.

C-x C-f ~/.emacs
M->
M-x insert-kbd-macro RET
C-x C-s

Compare the result of `M-x insert-kbd-macro' with `C-u M-x
insert-kbd-macro'.

> And my next question would be: I would like to define some macros in a 
> el-file.
> How can I load them automatically, when I start emacs?

Put (load "/path/to/my-macros.el") in your ~/.emacs file

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA