Partially offtopic. The author is doing<p>&gt; &quot;complex edits [in Emacs] using Vim macros&quot;<p>This is a big surprise. I left vi for emacs in the early &#x27;90s when vi&#x27;s macros were crippled, to say the least. I&#x27;m using vim for quick edits, mainly on servers or configuration files (sudo vi &#x2F;etc&#x2F;something). Did vim macros really become better than Emacs&#x27; ones?