kmacro-x

A collection of Emacs commands, modes and functions building on top of the keyboard macros (kmacros) system.

INSTALLATION

kmacro-x is available on MELPA. Example configuration with use-package:

(use-package kmacro-x
  :ensure t
  :init (kmacro-x-atomic-undo-mode 1)
  :bind (("C-<" . kmacro-x-mc-mark-previous)
         ("C->" . kmacro-x-mc-mark-next)))

FEATURES

kmacro-x-atomic-undo-mode

While this mode is enabled, the kmacro executions can be undo-ed atomically, as a single operation. Often the user doesn't want to undo a single step of a kmacro but rather the kmacro as a whole.

kmacro-x-mc

Emulates the typical multiple-cursors workflow using kmacros. This way all the pitfalls of rolling a custom implementation of multiple-cursors are avoided, while all the kmacro facilities, such as counters, queries and kmacro editing, are gained virtually for free.

Usage:

1. kmacro-x-mc-mark-next and kmacro-x-mc-mark-previous are used to find the next/previous occurrence of the symbol at point (or the region if active) and create a fake cursor/selection at its position.
2. Some arbitrary actions are being performed.
3. RET can be used to apply the actions to all the other cursors or C-g can be used to abort the bulk operation.

kmacro-x-mc-atomic-undo-mode can be enabled to make each macro-x-mc change undoable as a whole, similarly to what kmacro-x-atomic-undo-mode does to each cursor individually.

Notable settings, check their documentation for details:

• kmacro-x-mc-live-preview (default: nil)
• kmacro-x-mc-mark-whole-symbol (default: nil)
• kmacro-x-mc-preserve-last-macro (default: t)

Note for the existing users: The older implementation of the multiple cursors provided by this package is still available in kmacro-x-mc-legacy.el. All the functions are the same as before, just with the legacy infix added.