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From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Saving "relative point" in a paragraph or line
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:49:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52318021.4040108@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130912080605.GQ20690@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com>

Am 12.09.2013 10:06, schrieb Suvayu Ali:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to write a few wrappers for transpose functions.  I would
> like to restore the point to the relative position of the element I am
> trying to transpose.  Are there any standard ways/functions people use
> for something like this?
>
> An example (cursor at -!-):
>
> - Lorem ipsum dolor -!- sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
> - Vestibulum porttitor metus sed est varius, id dapibus est rhoncus.
>
>                             |
>                             v
>
> - Vestibulum porttitor metus sed est varius, id dapibus est rhoncus.
> - Lorem ipsum dolor -!- sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>

Not sure IIUC, what about storing location with

(setq my-point (copy-marker (point)))

Andreas



  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-12  8:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-12  8:06 Saving "relative point" in a paragraph or line Suvayu Ali
2013-09-12  8:49 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
2013-09-12  9:51   ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-12 10:06     ` Andreas Röhler
2013-09-12 11:26       ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-12  9:04 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-12 13:31   ` Suvayu Ali
     [not found] ` <mailman.1921.1378976581.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-09-12  9:14   ` Damien Wyart

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