* text to plain list
@ 2012-06-22 20:42 Marvin Doyley
2012-06-22 20:59 ` William LÉCHELLE
2012-06-22 21:02 ` Nick Dokos
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From: Marvin Doyley @ 2012-06-22 20:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hi there,
Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?
Thanks
M
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* Re: text to plain list
2012-06-22 20:42 text to plain list Marvin Doyley
@ 2012-06-22 20:59 ` William LÉCHELLE
2012-06-22 21:02 ` Nick Dokos
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From: William LÉCHELLE @ 2012-06-22 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Marvin,
> Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?
C-u C-c - makes every line of the active region a list item
(C-c - makes the region one item, the bullet on the first line)
If you want each word to become an item, what I usually do is replace
(optionnaly by regexp if you master that) spaces by a newline (C-q C-j) and a
dash, and then, org-moving-around the list nicens it up, typically.
> (C-M-% SPC * C-q C-j * [A-z] … … …)
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* Re: text to plain list
2012-06-22 20:42 text to plain list Marvin Doyley
2012-06-22 20:59 ` William LÉCHELLE
@ 2012-06-22 21:02 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 16:06 ` Eric Schulte
2012-06-22 21:14 ` Marvin Doyley
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-06-22 21:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marvin Doyley; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?
>
Something like
sed 's/^/- /' in.txt > out.txt
perhaps? If that's not what you mean, what do you mean?
Nick
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* Re: text to plain list
2012-06-22 21:02 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2012-06-22 16:06 ` Eric Schulte
2012-06-22 21:39 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 22:23 ` Marvin Doyley
2012-06-22 21:14 ` Marvin Doyley
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From: Eric Schulte @ 2012-06-22 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nicholas.dokos; +Cc: Marvin Doyley, emacs-orgmode
Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?
>>
>
> Something like
>
> sed 's/^/- /' in.txt > out.txt
>
> perhaps? If that's not what you mean, what do you mean?
>
I find Emacs Macros work very well for this.
1) position the cursor at the front of the first line
2) C-x ( to start recording a macro
3) manually turn this item into a list
4) position the cursor at the front of the next line
5) C-x ) to finish recording a macro
6) X-e to run the macro on the second item
after that you may continue pressing "e" to re-run the macro, or run the
macro any number of times with a numeric prefix argument. This does
however require some regularity in your list items.
Best,
--
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
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* Re: text to plain list
2012-06-22 16:06 ` Eric Schulte
@ 2012-06-22 21:39 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 22:23 ` Marvin Doyley
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-06-22 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Schulte; +Cc: Marvin Doyley, emacs-orgmode
Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> wrote:
> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
>
> > Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there,
> >>=20
> >> Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?=C2=
> =A0
> >>=20
> >
> > Something like
> >
> > sed 's/^/- /' in.txt > out.txt
> >
> > perhaps? If that's not what you mean, what do you mean?
> >
>
> I find Emacs Macros work very well for this.
>
> 1) position the cursor at the front of the first line
> 2) C-x ( to start recording a macro
> 3) manually turn this item into a list
> 4) position the cursor at the front of the next line
> 5) C-x ) to finish recording a macro
> 6) X-e to run the macro on the second item
>
> after that you may continue pressing "e" to re-run the macro, or run the
> macro any number of times with a numeric prefix argument. This does
> however require some regularity in your list items.
>
Yes, there are many methods (both emacs and otherwise; and in the event,
William Léchelle's suggestion of C-u C-c - was what Marvin was looking
for): my question was more to try to elicit what the problem was
exactly, rather than as a solution. [fn:1]
Nick
Footnotes:
[fn:1] ... although it is good to remind oneself once in a while that
org files are just text, so one is not limited to emacs in order
to manipulate them.
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2012-06-22 16:06 ` Eric Schulte
2012-06-22 21:39 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2012-06-22 22:23 ` Marvin Doyley
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From: Marvin Doyley @ 2012-06-22 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Schulte; +Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Thanks Erick for introducing me to emacs macros
Cheers
M
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 22, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> wrote:
> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
>
>> Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?
>>>
>>
>> Something like
>>
>> sed 's/^/- /' in.txt > out.txt
>>
>> perhaps? If that's not what you mean, what do you mean?
>>
>
> I find Emacs Macros work very well for this.
>
> 1) position the cursor at the front of the first line
> 2) C-x ( to start recording a macro
> 3) manually turn this item into a list
> 4) position the cursor at the front of the next line
> 5) C-x ) to finish recording a macro
> 6) X-e to run the macro on the second item
>
> after that you may continue pressing "e" to re-run the macro, or run the
> macro any number of times with a numeric prefix argument. This does
> however require some regularity in your list items.
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Eric Schulte
> http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
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* Re: text to plain list
2012-06-22 21:02 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 16:06 ` Eric Schulte
@ 2012-06-22 21:14 ` Marvin Doyley
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From: Marvin Doyley @ 2012-06-22 21:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nicholas.dokos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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C-u C-c - did the trick
thanks
M
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
> Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?
> >
>
> Something like
>
> sed 's/^/- /' in.txt > out.txt
>
> perhaps? If that's not what you mean, what do you mean?
>
> Nick
>
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