logoalt Hacker News

Karrot_Kream07/30/20251 replyview on HN

emacs macros aren't the same. You need to look at the file, observe a pattern, then start recording the macro and hope the pattern holds. An LLM can just do this.


Replies

skydhash07/30/2025

And that's why I mentionned grep-mode, and such other tools. Here is some videos about what I'm talking about

https://youtu.be/f2mQXNnChwc?t=2135

https://youtu.be/zxS3zXwV0PU

And for Vim

https://youtu.be/wOdL2T4hANk

Standard search and replace in other tools pales in comparison.

show 1 reply