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Shortening words in a selected region
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uzibalqa |
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Shortening words in a selected region |
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Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:12:25 +0000 |
Have the following function to shorten specific words, inserting `k' for words
with initial `cog', `col', `com', `con',
`cor', `coun', `cum'. The word "corrupt" then becomes "krupt". One simply puts
the cursor point on a word and
execute the function using "M-x shorten-word".
I would like to have an equivalent function that works on words in a selected
region this time round.
(defun shorten-word ()
"Shortens certain words by introducing the letter 'k'."
(interactive)
(let* ( (bounds (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'word))
(word (buffer-substring (car bounds) (cdr bounds)))
(point (point)) )
(goto-char (car bounds))
(delete-char (length word)) (insert (replace-regexp-in-string
"\\<\\(co[glmnr]\\|coun\\|cum\\)" "k" word))
(goto-char point)))
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