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authorMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2006-12-16 01:29:26 +0000
committerMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2006-12-16 01:29:26 +0000
commit6cc3bec9030c1e0e863be83be59cc710ad95b332 (patch)
treeac9827bc441c985371d4cec037adc556dc009c6f /etc/NEWS
parentc9dcf1274c41a43d8f321821b52275938806c71c (diff)
parentc86d56a52995ed9b656b079a7f9aef269792ffe1 (diff)
downloademacs-6cc3bec9030c1e0e863be83be59cc710ad95b332.tar.gz
Merge from emacs--devo--0
Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 545-562) - Update from CVS - Update from erc--emacs--22 - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 - erc-iswitchb: Temporarily enable iswitchb mode * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 172-176) - Merge from emacs--devo--0 - Update from CVS - Update from CVS: lisp/legacy-gnus-agent.el: Add Copyright notice. Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-156
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@@ -1945,10 +1945,10 @@ are left unspecified and can be bound individually through the global
or local keymaps.
+++
-** The new kmacro package provides a simpler user interface to
-emacs' keyboard macro facilities.
+** Emacs' keyboard macro facilities have been enhanced by the new
+kmacro package.
-Basically, it uses two function keys (default F3 and F4) like this:
+Keyboard macros are now defined and executed via the F3 and F4 keys:
F3 starts a macro, F4 ends the macro, and pressing F4 again executes
the last macro. While defining the macro, F3 inserts a counter value
which automatically increments every time the macro is executed.
@@ -1963,8 +1963,8 @@ manipulating the macro counter and format via C-x C-k C-c,
C-x C-k C-a, and C-x C-k C-f. See the commentary in kmacro.el
for more commands.
-The normal macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e now interfaces to
-the keyboard macro ring.
+The original macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e are still
+available, but they now interface to the keyboard macro ring too.
The C-x e command now automatically terminates the current macro
before calling it, if used while defining a macro.