Hi Alan, You forgot to cc the list!
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 05:19:05AM +1000, Alan Tyree wrote: > Can't do it since I could never get past the first step of the macro. It > was intended to be a dead simple throw away: > > Search for "<<ssec:" (this is where emacs hangs when defining the macro) > > Go to beginning of line > > Delete line. > > (All of the <<>> targets are on a single line). > > Emacs hangs like it is searching, the little circle thingie just keeps > going. I can kill the process with multiple punches of C-g. > Do you have lots of minor-modes enabled? Maybe one of them is interfering. Is your file very big? Can you replicate with an ECM? Does it have source blocks? Have you tried turning off font-lock-mode; does it succeed then? Just some questions that I could think of. Maybe the answer is lurking here. > As I said, no problem in a normal text-mode file. Another nice test would be to record and save the keyboard macro from text-mode and try executing it from org-mode. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.