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From: "James A. Robinson" <jimr@highwire.stanford.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:58:16 -0700
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Subject: [9fans] Repeating long Edit commands
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Folks,

When you use acme, is there any trick you use when repeatedly
applying an identical Edit command to separate blocks of text?

In some situations I don't have an x// that selects all of the data
to operate on so I can't set up sub commands (x/../{ ...  }).

Instead, I sometimes end up highlighting one block of text, going
to a scratch buffer and highlighting an Edit command, going back
to my file window and sending the text to Edit.

When I move on to the next block of text to Edit, I end up having
to repeat the mouse operations to re-select the Edit commands to
send.  Is there a way around this repeated selections of the Edit,
or do I have to copy the entire argument into the tag?

I was wondering if there was a solution like the Run command Russ
posted [*] that could be used with Edit?  Or do you just copy the
entire text to the tag?

[*] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/zesfmEKFh8s/CK06uCYmVQYJ

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>When you use acm=
e, is there any trick you use when repeatedly</div><div>applying an identic=
al Edit command to separate blocks of text?</div><div><br></div><div>In som=
e situations I don&#39;t have an x// that selects all of the data</div>

<div>to operate on so I can&#39;t set up sub commands (x/../{ ... =C2=A0}).=
</div><div><br></div><div>Instead, I sometimes end up highlighting one bloc=
k of text, going</div><div>to a scratch buffer and highlighting an Edit com=
mand, going back</div>

<div>to my file window and sending the text to Edit.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>When I move on to the next block of text to Edit, I end up having</div><=
div>to repeat the mouse operations to re-select the Edit commands to</div>

<div>send. =C2=A0Is there a way around this repeated selections of the Edit=
,</div><div>or do I have to copy the entire argument into the tag?</div><di=
v><br></div><div>I was wondering if there was a solution like the Run comma=
nd Russ</div>

<div>posted [*] that could be used with Edit? =C2=A0Or do you just copy the=
</div><div>entire text to the tag?</div><div><br></div><div>[*] <a href=3D"=
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/zesfmEKFh8s/CK06uCYmVQYJ">htt=
ps://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/zesfmEKFh8s/CK06uCYmVQYJ</a></di=
v>

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