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+;;;; hacks.el --- a few functions to help me work on the manual
+;;;; Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> --- October 1998
+
+(defun jh-exemplify-region (start end)
+ (interactive "r")
+ (save-excursion
+ (save-restriction
+ (narrow-to-region start end)
+
+ ;; Texinfo doesn't handle tabs well.
+ (untabify (point-min) (point-max))
+
+ ;; Quote any characters special to texinfo.
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward "[{}@]" nil t)
+ (replace-match "@\\&")))))