Is there a way to covert such block of lines
line1
line2
linen
into
1. line1
2. line2
n. linen
Using Emacs org mode
the shortest way I know of is: highlight the lines, including their newline character,
line1
line2
line3
Then execute M-x org-ctrl-c-minus
(press C-c -
) and you will get
- line1
- line2
- line3
Then run M-x org-shiftright
(press <S-right>
) twice and you get the desired
1. line1
2. line2
3. line3
don't know if there is a direct way, haven't heard of it yet at least. But one approach would be to use string-rectangle
(C-x r t
) to prepand 1.
to all lines and then hit C-c C-c
to update the numbering.
For string-rectangle
you would put point and mark the following way:
v---mark
line1 with some text
line2 with more text
<---point
After M-x: string-rectangle: 1.
you will get:
1. line1 with some text
1. line2 with more text
Hitting C-c C-c
will give you the correct numbering!
Easier because it gives you visual feedback is to enable CUA-mode
and use C-return
to create a rectangle selection, then you can start typing on all lines in parallel. See also this video on youtube.
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