From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch: enhanced mark navigation commands Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:10:25 +0900 Message-ID: <87ablcom9a.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <55f7df060803042112w380b5170qe964002c6c06ab01@mail.gmail.com> <86r6ep8821.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86pru96jgl.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204755065 11618 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 22:11:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:11:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 23:11:32 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JX1pQ-0005a3-E8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:11:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1os-0003Qv-V8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:10:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1oo-0003Of-P4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:10:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1on-0003Mv-9a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:10:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1on-0003Ms-6u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:10:33 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JX1oj-0003wv-9g; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:10:29 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-102-071.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.102.71] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JX1og-0002Tu-Qk; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:10:26 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C07F42FF7; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:10:25 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <86pru96jgl.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:48:10 -0600") Original-Lines: 23 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91422 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > I think it's possible to make this useful with navigation layers. > > Layers 0-9 reserved for char/word/paragraph/page/etc motion > Layer 10: edits (what Adrian Robert's patch provides) > Layer 11: tags (ctags, etags, etc.); function/variable definitions > Layer 12: grep/diff/compile/occur points > Layer 13: buffers (like cycle-buffer) > Layer 14: Gnus articles or dired files or other bundles of information > Layer 15: Gnus groups (or other aggregators for layer 14) > Layer 16: Gnus topics (or other aggregators for layer 15) > > Layers 10 and 11 may have to be swapped. We may think of more layers, > and what I've listed above is just an idea. The point is that we'll > give the user a way to move back and forth between things that are > interesting. To be honest, it sounds maddeningly annoying... -Miles -- Defenceless, adj. Unable to attack.