Re: two more emacs questions

["vb" <vb@vsbe.com>]

>>
>> Another emacs annoyance (at least for us, unfortunate users of other,
>> less priviledged editors ;-)) is its handling of undo. It does not
>
> May I ask which editor?
>

crisp (as in www.crisp.com) has been doing this for at least twelve years 
now...

cheers,
/vb

>> consider highligting of the part of the file (like setting marks
>> around a block of code) a separate operation. Say I highlighted a 10
>> line block, cut it, moved the cursor to another place in the file and
>> pasted the block there. Then I wanted to actually decrease the amount
>> of moved code. I hit undo a few times, it does put the code back where
>> it came from, but it skips the highlighting step, so at this time, if
>> I wanted to move a 9 line block instead of 10 - I need to highlight
>> the entire block again instead of just shrinking the highlighted area
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> I can only offer a workaround (or a change of working habits):
>
> 0.) Paste the 10 lines: C-y or with middle mouse button.
> 1.) Kill the superfluous 10th line.
> 2.) Go back where you you killed the 10 lines C-u C-SPC C-u C-SPC
> 3.) Type C-y again
>
>> by a line. Is there a way to make it consider highligting a part of
>> the command sequence and folow it in the undo path?
>> by a line. Is there a way to make it consider highligting a part of
>
> A good question, I hope others can answer it.
>
> -- 
>    Best wishes
>
>    H. Dieter Wilhelm
>    Darmstadt, Germany
>