From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Parrone Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: erc and the /clear command Supersedes: <87k6uy3ray.fsf@autistici.org> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:44:22 GMT Organization: none Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87brga3qjj.fsf@autistici.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095105560 25851 80.91.229.6 (13 Sep 2004 19:59:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:59:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 13 21:58:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C6wyQ-0005B6-01 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:58:52 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by hermes.netfonds.no (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i8DJoROn001747 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:50:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6wvq-0001Ou-OP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:56:10 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.tin.it!news-in.tin.it!news4.tin.it.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-Language: en X-Accept-Language: it, en X-Country: Italy X-Attribution: Marco X-Face: ]KIe+0@lNbQo2y\ey;]!*LKsR-0$V737yt[BnA*)c,)gu>IH>S}:"PPNWkV<}[ usLa_gJyB!BRUEC!~5OY;:`k1Tcv2g2<0|,'RI}ZhnPpaXC.,L^y?}R&FfrRiLE*b+AE, JY/a! `/ZN{E`NgLO_QV#s`!,#M%ppv@mcIb`K^/1``d^=o"AvteN1nNFyzU List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20670 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20670 J. David Boyd on 13 Sep 2004 14:09:19 -0400 writes: > Is there a flag, variable setting, etc, so that the /clear command in > ERC will actually clean out the buffer, rathern than just push it out > of site. > > I need someway to 'mark' the last place I was when I was reading a > newsgroup, and /clear seemed like the perfect way, if it actually > removed all old text. You can move the point to the line _before_ the ERC prompt, so that the point does not get moved, and you can continue reading from where you stopped. C-p Or, you can set the mark on the line _before_ the ERC prompt, C-p M-> and you exchange the point and the mark when you want to jump back. C-x C-x Or, you can kill the text you have read (you set the mark before the ERC prompt, then you move the point to the top of the page, then you kill the region, and you move the point back to the ERC prompt). C-p C-a M-< C-w M-> -- Trenitalia censoring online! -> http://www.autistici.org/ai/trenitalia