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From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: On keboard macros--Thanks, Eli
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At 05:42 AM 3/23/99 -0500, you wrote:

>Extensive use of keyboard macros usually means that you are not using
>the right tool for the job.  Macros are only good for highly
>repetitive tasks for which there is no command in Emacs (if there is a
>command, you can repeat it any number of times by just invoking it
>with a numeric argument, right?).  Most of such tasks are not for
>Emacs, they are for Sed or similar batch-oriented tools.  Using Emacs
>to do 10000 mundane text editings is like using a sledgehammer to kill
>a flea.

This is going to save me going down the wrong way. Thanks, Eli.
It just seemed that as many keyboard macros I could think up would be good.
I see your point. I appreciate you taking the time to write tips like this.

Would you mind telling just what few keyboard macros YOU DO USE? Or is it
only the ones
in the _EMACS.XMP file you include with EMACS? I'd like to put them in and
stop with
those.

Ralph