It is often useful to view the results of filtering large amounts of text.;;; Typically you do this with various combinations of grep and friends. When doing so it requires explicit effort to not destroy the original text being filtered. This module provides a textfilter utility that: A) Copies over the selected text to a special filtertext buffer B) Implements a filtertext mode for that buffer that allows easy application of filters C: Provides commands for reverting to the original unfiltered text D: Provides commands for saving results from intermediate filters.
Major mode for FilterText interaction. Key Binding ——————————————————————————- = keep-lines ^ flush-lines r emacspeak-filtertext-revert In addition to any hooks its parent mode ‘text-mode’ might have run, this mode runs the hook ‘emacspeak-filtertext-mode-hook’, as the final or penultimate step during initialization.