From: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: make undo operate as in (no flames please) vim
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:53:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20524da70901251153k64f006eemc39525971960d273@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004201c97f23$2edf7870$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com>
Point taken about other thread. It is a generalization.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:29, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> IOW, Emacs generally allows multiple alternative behaviors - different strokes
> for different folks.
Of course. Existing users should not be forced to change.
> In this case, it sounds like you haven't yet found the right undo behavior for
> you (and perhaps others). If none satisfactory exists yet, then I think the only
Not true. redo.el has adequate behavior. But it has a bug that makes
it corrupt the buffer.
>> And you *not* asked to "just go backward on the backward" by pressing
>> the key until you overshoot, then pressing another key, then pressing
>> the key again a bunch of times until you undo the overshoot.
>> You just press the key!
>
> Other thread.
This thread, if I understood the OP correctly.
--
For personal and corporate gain, myalgic encephalomyelitis denialists
are knowingly causing massive suffering and 25-years-early death by
grossly corrupting science.
http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/What_Is_ME_What_Is_CFS.htm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-25 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-25 0:43 make undo operate as in (no flames please) vim Harry Putnam
2009-01-25 1:04 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-25 16:51 ` Harry Putnam
2009-01-25 17:02 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-25 18:16 ` Samuel Wales
2009-01-25 19:29 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-25 19:53 ` Samuel Wales [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.5772.1232907408.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-25 19:59 ` David Kastrup
2009-01-25 20:55 ` Samuel Wales
2009-01-28 15:14 ` Ken Goldman
2009-01-28 20:21 ` Samuel Wales
[not found] <mailman.5688.1232844257.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-25 7:41 ` Xah Lee
2009-01-25 8:28 ` Andreas Politz
2009-01-25 16:59 ` Harry Putnam
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