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zahlman 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Good Tools Are Invisible

> but I use it to correct typos I made when recording the macro.

Oh you mean like, now that you have the keystrokes inserted into the current document temporarily, edit and move back to a register?

bccdee 17 days ago [–]

Exactly. Modifier sequences and escape presses show up as special characters and can be inserted with `C-v Esc` or whathaveyou. It works seamlessly.

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