Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:15:26 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: change word or repeat operation in emacs? Message-ID: <15150.28526.672962.532381@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <77959675@toto.iv>
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j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> types: > I'm still getting used to emacs, and overall i love it. But here are a few > commands i loved in vi that i haven't yet discovered emacs analogues for. > > I will often use 'cw' in vi to change a word (usually a variable name, > constant, etc) and then go to another word i want to change as well. In vi > i can just use '.' to do this. Is there a similar way to 'change-word' then > 'repeat-operation' in emacs, besides search-and-replace'? You want - maybe - "repeat-complex-command". That redoes the last command which used the minibuffer. Liable to be bound to C-x M-:. I seldom use it, though. If I've got to do something repeatedly, I use a keyboard macro. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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