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Emacs Rocks! Episode 13: multiple-cursors

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What it is

A four-minute Emacs Rocks screencast demonstrating the multiple-cursors package for Emacs. It shows how editing at many places at once can replace repetitive manual edits.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the canonical demo of multiple cursors and of fluent, efficient Emacs editing.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • first 2014, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of the better examples of the usefulness of multiple cursors is from Emacs Rocks”

    Demonstrates usefulness of multiple cursors over macros.

    wilkystyle, 2026-03 · Recommendation · in “Neovim 0.12.0”

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Topics: emacs, multiple cursors, screencast, text editing, productivity

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