* Moving around in empty buffers?
@ 2002-10-11 9:57 Klaus Berndl
2002-10-11 10:45 ` John Paul Wallington
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From: Klaus Berndl @ 2002-10-11 9:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
Suppose an empty buffer is the current buffer. Is it possible to move around -
means putting the point anywhere in the buffer, is there an option for this?
many thanks in advance,
Klaus
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* Re: Moving around in empty buffers?
2002-10-11 9:57 Moving around in empty buffers? Klaus Berndl
@ 2002-10-11 10:45 ` John Paul Wallington
2002-10-11 12:04 ` Klaus Berndl
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From: John Paul Wallington @ 2002-10-11 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de> wrote:
> Suppose an empty buffer is the current buffer. Is it possible to move around -
> means putting the point anywhere in the buffer, is there an option for this?
How about M-x picture-mode ?
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John Paul Wallington
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* Re: Moving around in empty buffers?
2002-10-11 10:45 ` John Paul Wallington
@ 2002-10-11 12:04 ` Klaus Berndl
2002-10-11 12:33 ` John Paul Wallington
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From: Klaus Berndl @ 2002-10-11 12:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, John Paul Wallington wrote:
> Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de> wrote:
>
> > Suppose an empty buffer is the current buffer. Is it possible to move
> > around - means putting the point anywhere in the buffer, is there an
> > option for this?
>
> How about M-x picture-mode ?
Yes, not bad...but this mode fakes by inserting whitespace...so you can not
for example set the point with the mouse to any place in the buffer. What i
want is an empty buffer but with possibility moving around the point. Some
editors have such a special mode...
Ciao,
Klaus
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Klaus Berndl mailto: klaus.berndl@sdm.de
sd&m AG http://www.sdm.de
software design & management
Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27, 81737 München, Germany
Tel +49 89 63812-392, Fax -220
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* Re: Moving around in empty buffers?
2002-10-11 12:04 ` Klaus Berndl
@ 2002-10-11 12:33 ` John Paul Wallington
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From: John Paul Wallington @ 2002-10-11 12:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de> wrote:
>> > Suppose an empty buffer is the current buffer. Is it possible to move
>> > around - means putting the point anywhere in the buffer, is there an
>> > option for this?
>>
>> How about M-x picture-mode ?
>
> Yes, not bad...but this mode fakes by inserting whitespace...so you can not
> for example set the point with the mouse to any place in the
> buffer.
Kai has suggested such functionality, if anyone is tempted.
> What i
> want is an empty buffer but with possibility moving around the point. Some
> editors have such a special mode...
I don't think you can get it without inserting whitespace; empty
buffers are zero-length. Maybe it would be good for `picture-mode' to
remember what whitespace it added and remove the unnecessary bits on exit.
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John Paul Wallington
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