Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>>> 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?

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