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From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can I type text without changing my current cursor point?
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:25:55 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0bidnZF4-vhTpCDUnZ2dnUVZ_h6WnZ2d@posted.cpinternet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3006.1237105211.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

dIbMx2 wrote:
> ithai levi <ithai.levi@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I'm almost sure I saw this once, I just can recall the sequence. 
>> What I want to do is to hit C+something and then type but have my cursor stay in its current point
>> and not move forward. Then I can somehow exit this mode (ESC) and type some text which will be
>> inserted in between. This could be useful to type a prefix, a suffix and then the content without
>> having to move the cursor back. 
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> I would type "obj.method(" then press C+? then type "); // a comment", press ESC and type "1,2,3"
>> without moving the cursor.
>>
>> (what I do now is use C+SPC to set the mark, type and then press C+x C+SPC to go back to the mark)
>>
>> TIA :)
> 
> cua-set-rectangle-mark   C+return
> 
> 

obj.method("C-spc"); // comment C-x C-x will put you after the first 
quotation mark via exchange-point-and-mark-nomark. This isn't exactly 
the same as pop-global-mark, which you are using now. C-x C-x is 
slightly easier than C-x C-spc. I put it on one keychord with:

(global-set-key [(super <SPC>)] 'exchange-point-and-mark-nomark)

but I'm a little hazy on the vector notation. The .... -nomark feature 
may be an artifact of pc-selection-mode.

Ed


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-03-15 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-12  6:46 Can I type text without changing my current cursor point? ithai levi
2009-03-12 10:29 ` dIbMx2
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2009-03-15 18:25   ` B. T. Raven [this message]
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2009-03-11 17:01 ithiel

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