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GNU Info (emacs)TransposeTransposing Text ================ `C-t' Transpose two characters (`transpose-chars'). `M-t' Transpose two words (`transpose-words'). `C-M-t' Transpose two balanced expressions (`transpose-sexps'). `C-x C-t' Transpose two lines (`transpose-lines'). The common error of transposing two characters can be fixed, when they are adjacent, with the `C-t' command (`transpose-chars'). Normally, `C-t' transposes the two characters on either side of point. When given at the end of a line, rather than transposing the last character of the line with the newline, which would be useless, `C-t' transposes the last two characters on the line. So, if you catch your transposition error right away, you can fix it with just a `C-t'. If you don't catch it so fast, you must move the cursor back between the two transposed characters before you type `C-t'. If you transposed a space with the last character of the word before it, the word motion commands are a good way of getting there. Otherwise, a reverse search (`C-r') is often the best way. Note: Search. `M-t' transposes the word before point with the word after point (`transpose-words'). It moves point forward over a word, dragging the word preceding or containing point forward as well. The punctuation characters between the words do not move. For example, `FOO, BAR' transposes into `BAR, FOO' rather than `BAR FOO,'. `C-M-t' (`transpose-sexps') is a similar command for transposing two expressions (Note: Expressions), and `C-x C-t' (`transpose-lines') exchanges lines. They work like `M-t' except as regards what units of text they transpose. A numeric argument to a transpose command serves as a repeat count: it tells the transpose command to move the character (word, expression, line) before or containing point across several other characters (words, expressions, lines). For example, `C-u 3 C-t' moves the character before point forward across three other characters. It would change `f-!-oobar' into `oobf-!-ar'. This is equivalent to repeating `C-t' three times. `C-u - 4 M-t' moves the word before point backward across four words. `C-u - C-M-t' would cancel the effect of plain `C-M-t'. A numeric argument of zero is assigned a special meaning (because otherwise a command with a repeat count of zero would do nothing): to transpose the character (word, expression, line) ending after point with the one ending after the mark. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |