From d6f207b78d970d968bd5505873cf197161a26d25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:22:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Show a keyboard macro with minibuffer arguments in it. --- man/custom.texi | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi index 617bf6c6538..b64413548a8 100644 --- a/man/custom.texi +++ b/man/custom.texi @@ -1116,10 +1116,18 @@ each line, you should position point at the start of a line, and define a 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 @@ expect. But if it exits a recursive edit that started before you 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} -- 2.39.2