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Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward.
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward. |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:01:59 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> I've been using this for a few days, and I find it quite useful.
>>>>> It may be good to install. The effect: C-u M-x how-many RET is
>>>>> how-many'ing in the text *before* point. Same for C-u M-x keep-lines.
>>>>
>>>> Dunno. Why do you find that very useful? It's only one more keystroke to do
>>>> without it: `C-SPC M-<' instead of `C-u'. (Admittedly, that's a complex
>>>> keystroke, involving Shift on many keyboards.)
>>
>>> Well, I don't have this Transient-mark-mode thingy enabled. So I must
>>> type C-SPC C-SPC M-< then C-x C-x to return to the point (I mostly use
>>> `how-many'), then C-g to remove this BSOD-like Transient mark. For me,
>>> its
>>
>> Hmm... you shouldn't need C-g here, sounds like a bug.
> Are you sure? I thought is was a feature. Like, I need to mark
> (transiently) 10 lines before point, so I do C-SPC C-SPC C-u 10 C-p,
> then I see that I started the region two chars before where I wanted, so
> I do C-x C-x and 2 C-f. Nop?
I don't understand what you're trying to say.
I only wanted to say that C-g shouldn't be needed if you use C-SPC C-SPC to
activate the temporary transient-mark-mode and then use M-x how-many (the
`how-many' should "consume" the transient mark).
Stefan
Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/25
Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Michaël Cadilhac, 2007/09/25
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Juri Linkov, 2007/09/25
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Michaël Cadilhac, 2007/09/25
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Juri Linkov, 2007/09/25
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Michaël Cadilhac, 2007/09/28
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/28
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Michaël Cadilhac, 2007/09/28
- Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/29
- RE: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward., Drew Adams, 2007/09/28