Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals

[Yuri Khan]

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 2:18 AM, Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:

> Keyboard macros is poor-man's programming and while
> they can be useful in many situations it is in many
> more situations better to write proper Lisp. When one
> gets some fluency with it it is not only infinitely
> more powerful (obviously) but also faster, safer, and
> less frustrating than keyboard macros.

For recurring tasks, yes. But for a one-off highly repetitive task, a
macro is cheaper to set up.

Also, macros can be viewed as a gateway drug to programming.