e.g. the region contains words like "aaa bbb ccc ddd",I want to
reverse it to "ddd ccc bbb aaa"

sunway gmail.com> writes:

sunway gmail.com> writes:

I think you probably want the words themselves to stay in the original
order, i.e., one two => two one? If not, if you want to completely
reverse the text, i.e., one two => owt eno, I use the following
function:

sunway gmail.com> writes:

Select it and M-x reverse-line RET

pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

What version are you running? 23.0.60.1 doesn't have reverse-line...

Tyler

I want to transpose "one two" to " two one"

On Jul 28, 11:00 pm, tyler wrote:

sunway gmail.com> writes:

Put the point on two and hit M-t.

,----[ C-h k M-t ]
| M-t runs the command transpose-words, which is an interactive compiled
| Lisp function in `simple.el'.
|
| It is bound to M-t.
|
| (transpose-words arg)
|
| Interchange words around point, leaving point at end of them.
| With prefix arg arg, effect is to take word before or around point
| and drag it forward past arg other words (backward if arg negative).
| If arg is zero, the words around or after point and around or after mark
| are interchanged.
|
| [back]
`----

sunway gmail.com> writes:

put the cursor between one and two and type:
M-x transpose-words RET or M-t

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no, I want to transpose "one two three four" to "four three two one"

On Jul 29, 1:46 pm, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
wrote:

sunway gmail.com> writes:

(defun reverse-words (start end)
(interactive "r")
(let ((words (reverse (split-string (buffer-substring start end)))))
(delete-region start end)
(dolist (word words)
(insert word " "))
(backward-char 1)
(delete-char 1)))