From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: can I move back to the last edit position? Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:43:23 +0000 Organization: muc.de e.V. -- private internet access Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87oekea5ng.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1094858724 7677 80.91.224.253 (10 Sep 2004 23:25:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:25:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 11 01:25:12 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C5ulT-0006nN-00 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:25:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C5uqs-0006Xk-2N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:30:46 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!feed.news.tiscali.de!news.belwue.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!news.muc.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: acm.muc.de Original-X-Trace: marvin.muc.de 1094858189 59703 193.149.49.134 (10 Sep 2004 23:16:29 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news-admin@muc.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Sep 2004 23:16:29 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.35 (i686)) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125256 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20611 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20611 Micha Feigin wrote on Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:53:43 +0300: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:49:03PM +0800, Rokia wrote: >> I think this [moving back to the position of the last edit] is a necessary >> and basic function. why cant I find it? I tend to agree, but I've managed to get along without it for some years. You can't find it because it doesn't exist in Emacs. > What about saving position in register > `C-x r R' > Save position of point in register R (`point-to-register'). Because Rokia doesn't know until he's already left this position that he wants to jump back. And having to type `C-x r R' after every editing action is a little irritating, to put it mildly. It is essential here for the position to be saved automatically. -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").