diff options
| author | Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> | 2021-01-29 08:01:12 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2021-01-29 08:01:12 +0100 |
| commit | d4e9d191aeba9076db06857a90649f6fcddc7f3b (patch) | |
| tree | 6a95d2ac53d149920ce4e2a900d42829074d3a29 /doc | |
| parent | 1275dc4711af77c9c223063dcd149d782d497463 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-d4e9d191aeba9076db06857a90649f6fcddc7f3b.tar.gz | |
Add a command for redisplay during keyboard macros
* doc/emacs/kmacro.texi (Basic Keyboard Macro): Document it
(bug#39252).
* lisp/kmacro.el (kdb-macro-redisplay): New function.
(kmacro-keymap): Bind it.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/kmacro.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/kmacro.texi b/doc/emacs/kmacro.texi index adb2ab8d561..e713c6ef8c0 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/kmacro.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/kmacro.texi @@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ itself counts as the first repetition, since it is executed as you define it, so @kbd{C-u 4 C-x )} executes the macro immediately 3 additional times. +@findex kdb-macro-redisplay +@kindex C-x C-k Q + While executing a long-running keyboard macro, it can sometimes be +useful to trigger a redisplay (to show how far we've gotten). The +@kbd{C-x C-k Q} can be used for this. As a not very useful example, +@kbd{C-x ( M-f C-x C-k Q C-x )} will create a macro that will +redisplay once per iteration when saying @kbd{C-u 42 C-x e}. + @node Keyboard Macro Ring @section The Keyboard Macro Ring |