There have been times that I’ve needed lists of numbers in order. Mostly for programming things. Today I created such a list using emacs via a keyboard macro.
To use it, do M-x edit-kbd-macro and then choose a key combo. (I always use C-x e). Then replace whatever is in the buffer with this text:
;; Keyboard Macro Editor. Press C-c C-c to finish; press C-x k RET to cancel. Command: last-kbd-macro Key: none Macro: C-SPC ;; set-mark-command 0 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 1 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 2 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 3 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 4 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 5 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 6 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 7 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 8 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline 9 ;; self-insert-command C-x r k ;; kill-rectangle C-x C-x ;; exchange-point-and-mark C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 0 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 1 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 2 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 3 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 4 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 5 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 6 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 7 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 8 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 9 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line C-SPC ;; set-mark-command ESC < ;; beginning-of-buffer C-x r k ;; kill-rectangle C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 0 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 1 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 2 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 3 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 4 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 5 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 6 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 7 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 8 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline C-e ;; end-of-line RET ;; newline C-x r y ;; yank-rectangle 2*C-b ;; backward-char C-x r t ;; string-rectangle 9 ;; self-insert-command RET ;; newline
C-c C-c to compile the code and then switch to an empty buffer. C-x e and in a couple seconds: bang
000
001
002
003
...
997
998
999
Magic.