> Search once = CTRL-S > Search-next = CTRL-S again (repeat as needed). >
Ah ! that's useful, and that works well. Thank you. > Emacs actually doesn't use the X clipboard in the way you might think. > Emacs has its own set of buffers, called the "kill ring." The sequence of > keystrokes that does what you want is: > > Write "Blah" > Select "Blah" > CTRL-W CTRL-Y (Cut and paste in place, i.e., copy)) > Write "This is a test" > Select "test" > CTRL-W CTRL-Y CTRL-Y (Cut "test", paste "test" (last cut), paste "Blah" > instead (previous cut). > > You would also want to know about ALT-X Replace-String, which replaces > all occurrences of one string with another to the end of the file and > ALT-X Query-Replace-String, which replaces occurrences one at a time. > > Furthermore, ALT-X Replace-Regexp and ALT-X Query-Replace-Regexp replace > patterns with patterns, which is an extremely powerful thing to be able to > do. > Waow !? Am I the only one to find it VERY complicated ? I mean CTRL-W CTRL-Y, then CTRL-W CTRL-Y CTRL-Y just to do a copy/paste... I think it's simpler to actually write the text manually :) > There's an O'Reilly book on emacs that might be a good start. > > Well, as I said: Emacs is too complicated for me I think. Don't get it wrong: I think it's a great tool because it has a lot of (hidden) functions and can be customized etc... but, for me, needing to learn tons of keybindings or needing to learn LISP just to use a code editor is too much. I prefer focusing on learning the language of the code I'm writing :) Again, no offence to Emacs developers. Each user has his own needs and Emacs might be the best tools for some of them. For me, jEdit is just better than Emacs as I can use it without reading a book and remembering everything. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
