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30.0.50; [PATCH] New keyboard macro counter functions

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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: bug#61549: 30.0.50; [PATCH] New keyboard macro counter functions
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:45:04 +0200

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

> I think this is a very reasonable idea. I'll have a look at how to
> generalize this and submit a patch.

Yes, this is the question.  AFAIK, there is currently no way to put an
Elisp function into a register.


Pranshu <pranshusharma366 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Also there are multiple ways to include a seires of numbers, such as
> 'C-x r N'.  iirc calc has a way in which you can copy numbers to a
> rectangleular region.  Apart form numbering lists, I am unable to
> think of another use for using a formula for the macro counte.r

@Alex: do you see other uses?


I think it would probably be easier to generalize C-x r N.  Should we
maybe just do that?


Thx,

Michael.

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