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Cc: Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> wrote:

> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
>=20
> > Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there,
> >>=3D20
> >> Is there quick method for converting a bunch of text to plain list ?=
=3DC2=3D
> =3DA0
> >>=3D20
> >
> > Something like
> >
> > sed 's/^/- /' in.txt > out.txt
> >
> > perhaps? If that's not what you mean, what do you mean?
> >
>=20
> I find Emacs Macros work very well for this.
>=20
> 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
>=20
> 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.
>=20

Yes, there are many methods (both emacs and otherwise; and in the event,
William L=C3=A9chelle'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.