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
next prev parent 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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