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From: | Kevin Rodgers |
Subject: | Re: line numbers |
Date: | Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:27:34 -0700 |
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Lee Sau Dan wrote:
"Bruce" == Bruce Korb <bkorb@veritas.com> writes:Bruce> Because sometimes I want to X-clip a block of text with Bruce> line numbers and email or print it. In the end, I fire up Bruce> vi. Doing this in emacs is too non-obvious. M-< M-> M-| cat -n RET and then do whatever you like in the *Shell Command Output* buffer.
I find `C-x h' easier than `M-< M->'. See the "Marking Objects" node in the Emacs manual for similar useful commands. -- <a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
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