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I was wondering if anyone has written lisp code for gnu emacs that
allows one to specify a range of lines for a region command to operate
on?  Something that provides the same sort of functionality as (cough
cough) vi.

I don't want to set off a new round of editor wars.  The one thing I
miss in emacs is the ability to say things like:

     run this command on lines 5 through 37
     run this command on lines from the beginning of the file to here
     run this command on lines from here to 47
     run this command from mark a to mark b

and so on.  I know how to do this with goto-lines and such.  What I'm
hoping to find is a function that automates the process somewhat.
Unfortunately I utterly lack the lisp skills to write this myself.

This probably isn't a capability in much demand by emacs users but 6
years of editing with line editors and vi have gotten me extremely
used to having this.

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Frank

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