On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:16:45 +0200 Marc Chantreux <e...@phear.org> wrote:
> > I?ve not used another editor where you can pipe chunks of text *ad > > hoc* through scripts or even awk/perl one-liners. > > except ed, sam (AFAIR), and every vi clones i used. In emacs, you select the chunks of text, press M-|, and type the command you want to pass it through. If you want the output to replace the input, use C-u M-|. Emacs is the only editor whose extension language is its implementation language. There is no difference between extending emacs and changing emacs. It's all one. Every single key is mapped to a function ultimately of the user's choosing. Why would any software developer use anything else? :-) --jkl