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Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals
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Filipp Gunbin |
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Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals |
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Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:03:09 +0300 |
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On 27/06/2015 19:42 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> %% (replace-regexp "^\\(.*&.*&\\).*&\\(.*\\)"
>>> "\\1\\2")
>>
>> 51 chars (ignoring that things like ^& are shift
>> chords)
>>
>> F3 C-s & RET C-SPC C-s C-s RET C-w C-a C-n F4
>>
>> 16 keystrokes counting each chord as 1 1/2 keys
>
> Elisp is by definition better because everything you
> can do with keyboard macros, you can do with Elisp -
> but not even remotely so the other way around.
Macros can be viewed as an Emacs-specific way of writing programs - by
using the benefits of an interactive editor. Resulting code is not that
editable, but in my practice I didn't usually have to edit that code,
when it's easier just to re-record a similar macros, if needed.
> When you have done something with Elisp, you can save
> that for future use. What it is is clearly defined and
> easy to read and edit. Not only that, if it is
> modular, as it should, you can use it for other,
> unexpected things in the future.
Why then use awk when you always can write equivalent program in C?
Filipp
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