From: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
To: Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: make undo operate as in (no flames please) vim
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20524da70901281221q72f248d0v2ddb168e376eb83c@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4981c152$1@news.greennet.net>
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:14, Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com> wrote:
> Samuel Wales wrote:
>
>> More generally, many commands have no good provision for
>> overshooting.
>
> Common problem, trivial solution.
>
> If you overshoot the undo, just hit any character, e.g. space. Then
> undo will start going backward, basically undoing the previous undo.
Please read the rest of my post -- including the end of the
paragraph that you quote -- where I directly address that
proposed solution.
--
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:[~2009-01-28 20:21 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
[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 [this message]
[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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