From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Jumping from one position to other position Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 08:41:16 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87sg8jvr7i.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15839"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 06 06:44:14 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1klmqD-000426-06 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 06:44:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57428 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klmqC-0003My-0r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:44:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klmpJ-0003M5-Cj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:43:18 -0500 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:38587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1klmpG-00059h-BB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:43:17 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.57]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002C0010.000000005FCC6F70.00004F2D; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 05:43:11 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87sg8jvr7i.fsf@web.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: 14 X-Spam_score: 1.4 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:126085 Archived-At: * Michael Heerdegen [2020-12-06 01:12]: > Jean Louis writes: > > > If anybody have better way of jumping from one place A to place B and > > returning again to place A, and again to place B, let me know. > > (1) Most obvious: Use two windows. > > (2) Use registers. I've created "hotkeys" to save and restore 3 > positions in 3 registers (I use registers A, B and C for that). One-key > sequences, of course, should that be. I chose H-kp-1, C-kp-1, > H-kp-2, ... > > (3) A very smart "go to last change" package would ease that pain. I > once tried to implement something, but finding a good heuristic that > behaves well under different circumstances is surprisingly hard. Maybe I just do not know how to use built-in functions like C-SPC C-SPC to leave mark, I use it all the time, but maybe I miss something.