On 2019.03.28 03:16, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
"r" == rlharris <rlhar...@oplink.net> writes:
r> Need to make alterations to dozens of lines? If you can figure out
r> a repetitive sequence of keystrokes to accomplish the change, you
...
Or said with other words:
- replace a repetitive task where you are part of a machine the
"Metropolis" way with the task of creating an automatic solution.
But when the first task is going to take an hour and severely tax your
manual (finger) dexterity, whereas the replacement takes about a minute
and requires only a bit of mental dexterity... The end-of-day morale is
boosted by such success in boosting productivity.
Once you start using Emacs macros and see the benefit, you likely shall
find yourself creating and using numerous macros within each editing
session. You demonstrate once to the robot, and the robot faithfully
mimics you, without error. The only question is whether you are willing
to teach the robot by recording your keystrokes in a macro (it takes two
keystrokes).