Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward.

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>>>>> 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