From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Baier Subject: Re: Set tags in region Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 11:08:59 +0200 Message-ID: <87iopeov9w.fsf@mailbox.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59267) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wj3IU-0000jg-MA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2014 05:10:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wj3IM-0003Ob-1v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2014 05:10:22 -0400 Received: from mx1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.212]:57129) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wj3IL-0003OW-S7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2014 05:10:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: (John Hendy's message of "Fri, 9 May 2014 21:53:05 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: John Hendy Cc: emacs-orgmode Hello John, On 2014-05-10 04:53 John Hendy wrote: > Just curious of there's a way to set the tags in a region all at once? > I see there's a way to do it via agenda, but I was curious if there > was also a way to do it on a group of headlines from the buffer > itself. In various google strategies, it looked like the answer was > no. > > This is just a random file (making a camping packing/shopping list), > so to do it via the way that seemed apparent was: I often use (info "(Emacs) Keyboard Macros") for situations like this. Define the macro with point at the beginning of a headline and then use `C-x C-k r' to execute it on every line in a region. [The (info ...) form above when evaluated takes you to the relevant page in the emacs manual.] HTH, -- Alexander Baier