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Re: Automate replace-regexp
From: |
Skip Montanaro |
Subject: |
Re: Automate replace-regexp |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:04:58 -0500 |
If it's a one-time thing, since replace-regexp is a command (uses
(interactive) to prompt for missing parameters), I'd just define a
macro with C-x (. From my edit-last-kbd-macro session (ugly, but only
took a moment to define):
ESC
xreplace-regex ;; self-insert-command * 14
TAB ;; indent-for-tab-command
RET ;; newline
2*\ ;; self-insert-command
bar ;; self-insert-command * 3
SPC ;; self-insert-command
%[0-9]+ ;; self-insert-command * 7
RET ;; newline
\ ;; self-insert-command
bar ;; self-insert-command * 3
RET ;; newline
ESC
xrepla ;; self-insert-command * 6
TAB ;; indent-for-tab-command
reg ;; self-insert-command * 3
TAB ;; indent-for-tab-command
RET ;; newline
2*\ ;; self-insert-command
bar ;; self-insert-command * 3
RET ;; newline
\ ;; self-insert-command
bar ;; self-insert-command * 3
SPC ;; self-insert-command
%,(+ ;; self-insert-command * 4
SPC ;; self-insert-command
2#) ;; self-insert-command * 3
RET ;; newline
Once you've got that, you can name it (name-last-kbd-macro), then if
you want to save it across sessions, edit your ~/.emacs file, and
execute insert-kbd-macro, which does the obvious thing.
Now, I rarely go to those lengths, and if I need to, it's sometimes
simpler to just defun a new function. In this case, it might well be,
something like:
(defun my-replace ()
(interactive)
(replace-regexp "..." "...")
(replace-regexp "..." "..."))
YMMV.
Skip
On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 10:36 AM Rodolfo Medina
<rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all...
>
> In a document, I wish to automate the following two replace-regexp,
> immediately
> one after the other, only within the current paragraph:
>
> \\bar %[0-9]+ -> \\bar
> \\bar -> \\bar %\,(+ 2 \#)
>
> How can I achieve that, defining a proper command...?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Rodolfo
>
>