Re: Is there a plan to record kbd macro as elisp code?

[Juri Linkov]

> I can give an example that reveals another complication of the "translate 
> using
> keymaps" approach. The following:
>
> M-x                   ;; execute-extended-command
> repla                 ;; self-insert-command * 5
> 2*TAB                 ;; lisp-indent-line
> str                   ;; self-insert-command * 3
> TAB                   ;; lisp-indent-line
> RET                   ;; newline
> is                    ;; self-insert-command * 2
> RET                   ;; newline
> IS                    ;; self-insert-command * 2
> RET                   ;; newline
>
> is a kbd macro I recorded for M-x replace-string is -> IS. The complication is
> with the TAB completion - it would require total knowledge about TAB 
> completion
> to reconstruct the command name - what edit-kbd-macro doesn't do.

I agree.  It makes no sense to generate Lisp code for minibuffer
completion and other minibuffer reading functions.  What would be
useful to generate in Lisp code is the final command with its arguments:
(replace-string "is" "IS")

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/