Mercurial > emacs
changeset 38791:a670b4af3cb4
Show a keyboard macro with minibuffer arguments in it.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:22:26 +0000 |
parents | dc7cb360c349 |
children | c9b9238088f3 |
files | man/custom.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/custom.texi Sun Aug 12 21:20:19 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Sun Aug 12 21:22:26 2001 +0000 @@ -1116,10 +1116,18 @@ macro to change that line and leave point at the start of the next line. Then repeating the macro will operate on successive lines. - After you have terminated the definition of a keyboard macro, you can add -to the end of its definition by typing @kbd{C-u C-x (}. This is equivalent -to plain @kbd{C-x (} followed by retyping the whole definition so far. As -a consequence it re-executes the macro as previously defined. + When a command reads an argument with the minibuffer, your +minibuffer input becomes part of the macro along with the command. So +when you replay the macro, the command gets the same argument as +when you entered the macro. For example, + +@example +C-x ( C-a C-@key{SPC} C-n M-w C-x b f o o @key{RET} C-y C-x b @key{RET} C-x ) +@end example + +@noindent +defines a macro that copies the current line into the buffer +@samp{foo}, then returns to the original buffer. You can use function keys in a keyboard macro, just like keyboard keys. You can even use mouse events, but be careful about that: when @@ -1135,6 +1143,11 @@ invoked the keyboard macro, it also necessarily exits the keyboard macro as part of the process. + After you have terminated the definition of a keyboard macro, you can add +to the end of its definition by typing @kbd{C-u C-x (}. This is equivalent +to plain @kbd{C-x (} followed by retyping the whole definition so far. As +a consequence it re-executes the macro as previously defined. + @findex edit-kbd-macro @kindex C-x C-k You can edit a keyboard macro already defined by typing @kbd{C-x C-k}