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30.0.50; [PATCH] New keyboard macro counter functions

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Message #60 received at 61549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Alex Bochannek <alex <at> bochannek.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, larsi <at> gnus.org, 61549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#61549: 30.0.50; [PATCH] New keyboard macro counter functions
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:52:27 +0200

Alex Bochannek <alex <at> bochannek.com> writes:

> The problem I was trying to solve was how to use keyboard macros to
> auto-create lists of numbers.

I see.

Does this cover the most frequent non-trivial use cases well?  AFAUI,
you allow to change the automatic increment in each macro step, but only
once - other cases would get complicated or are not possible.

Have you thought about the idea to provide some more explicit way to
control the automatic increment of a kmacro counter, like a mathematical
formula (a function of one argument, the old counter value, that would
calculate the next counter value)?  Given your experience with keyboard
macros usage, would that be a useful thing?


Thanks so far,

Michael.

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