regex search and replace, where you spend an hour trying to save two minutes off manual find/replace.
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Replying to @HookTM
@GrumpyHook@rygorous Just use keyboard macros. They take no time to learn and are (mostly?) a superset.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@GrumpyHook I've used structured regex's to process >10MB files of structured text, wouldn't want to do that with macros.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rygorous
@rygorous@GrumpyHook You make it sound like GNU Emacs executes _either_ of those two things quickly :) (Brian uses Emacs, yes?)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@rygorous@GrumpyHook Brian uses VS with Emacs key bindings. Don't ask.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @pervognsen
@pervognsen @rygorous @GrumpyHook Whoa... uh... yikes! Forget everything I said. I proactively withdraw from the conversation.
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