Mercurial > emacs
changeset 74545:009b1f3d75f4
Clarify kmacro package.
| author | Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> |
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| date | Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:54:30 +0000 |
| parents | 43cc94d955c2 |
| children | 4bef63927dd7 |
| files | etc/NEWS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Sun Dec 10 00:31:06 2006 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Sun Dec 10 00:54:30 2006 +0000 @@ -1870,10 +1870,10 @@ or local keymaps. +++ -** The new kmacro package provides a simpler user interface to -emacs' keyboard macro facilities. - -Basically, it uses two function keys (default F3 and F4) like this: +** Emacs' keyboard macro facilities have been enhanced by the new +kmacro package. + +Keyboard macros are now defined and executed via the F3 and F4 keys: F3 starts a macro, F4 ends the macro, and pressing F4 again executes the last macro. While defining the macro, F3 inserts a counter value which automatically increments every time the macro is executed. @@ -1888,8 +1888,8 @@ C-x C-k C-a, and C-x C-k C-f. See the commentary in kmacro.el for more commands. -The normal macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e now interfaces to -the keyboard macro ring. +The original macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e are still +available, but they now interface to the keyboard macro ring too. The C-x e command now automatically terminates the current macro before calling it, if used while defining a macro.