From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ctrl-x Ctrl-x (exchange-point-and-mark) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 05:53:20 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87wrvavhen.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87d3x3wnkq.fsf@newsguy.com> <87632vcx8b.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273575240 21397 80.91.229.12 (11 May 2010 10:54:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 10:54:00 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 11 12:53:58 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBn66-0003D0-6r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 12:53:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44694 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBn65-0006ex-OQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 06:53:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49807 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBn5i-0006en-3c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 06:53:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBn5g-0004rg-5H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 06:53:33 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:47920) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBn5g-0004rT-0B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 06:53:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBn5d-00032X-Rh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 12:53:29 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 12:53:29 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 12:53:29 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 40 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ChM3pGoX9T2kO0uMvBJtfMQjYpU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:73627 Archived-At: Sean Sieger writes: > Harry Putnam writes: > > I see there are no customizing option matching > `exchange-point-and-mark' (Ctrl-x Ctrl-x) > > C-g doesn't suit you? No not really... its actually quicker to strike spc bar twice (to me) What I had hoped for was some setting so that there wouldn't be yet more clickety clack to exchange point and mark .. I don't understand why it defaults to selecting the region. Maybe I'm using C-x C-x for the wrong purpose (to return to previous location) and should be using registers.. but again, its more messing around. That would require. C-x r spc to return As opposed to C-x C-x Maybe there are more ways to return to previous location? [...] Štěpán Němec writes: [...] > Did you actually read the documentation of `exchange-point-and-mark'? > Unless I'm missing something, using a prefix argument should do what you I saw that, yes but wasn't looking for a solution that involved more key strokes. Striking spc bar twice is bad enough but at least fairly quick. Something like C-1 C-x C-x might get to be routine.. but doesn't seem so handy just at a few tests.