From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8bc34e14e4555720 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-10 13:39:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: This is a simple question Date: 10 Oct 2001 16:39:19 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Message-ID: References: <9pk4t7$tbm$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <87zo762rta.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <9pkc0r$m5j$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9pkddm$afh$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pvdp5$8im$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BC48598.80703@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1002746467 16608 128.183.220.71 (10 Oct 2001 20:41:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Oct 2001 20:41:07 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14207 Date: 2001-10-10T20:41:07+00:00 List-Id: Pascal Obry writes: > "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" writes: > > > GNU-Emacs could be vastly improved by make one single change: > > that is, support the ^C function that Prime's EMACS provided. ^C was > > a "repeat last function" binding. It would repeat the last keystroke, > > last macro, or last "whatever was done". When set up this way, you > > could do something like "execute macro" once, and then just ^C as often > > as required to repeat the function a few more times (there are better > > ways to repeat hundreds+ of times however). If you've never used this, > > you don't know what a convenience you are missing (which is why I don't > > use GNU-Emacs). I never had the time myself to investigate the effort > > that would be needed to fit this feature into GNU-Emacs. > > Not exactly what you want but: > > C-x ( (start macro) > > C-x ) (end macro) > > C-x e (repeat 1 time) > > C-u 100 C-x e (repeat 100 times). Note that this precisely defines "whatever was last done". It can be one command, or several. I find that more Ada-like (just to bring this vaguely back on topic :). -- -- Stephe