From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `Q' in Dired - be able to skip the rest of one file and move onto the next Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:12:24 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200801080212.m082CO6p026445@jane.dms.auburn.edu> References: <87tzlpw4j1.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199758383 28525 80.91.229.12 (8 Jan 2008 02:13:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 02:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: juri@jurta.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 08 03:13:24 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JC3xx-0004Xy-SB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:13:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JC3xa-0001ra-ER for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:12:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JC3xW-0001rV-TC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:12:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JC3xU-0001rJ-GC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:12:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JC3xU-0001rG-AT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:12:52 -0500 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JC3xQ-0001XW-M0; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:12:48 -0500 Original-Received: from jane.dms.auburn.edu (jane.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.201]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m082CgIZ028788; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:12:42 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from jane.dms.auburn.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jane.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m082COdW026448; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:12:24 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by jane.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id m082CO6p026445; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:12:24 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: jane.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f In-reply-to: <87tzlpw4j1.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:21:38 +0200) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:86542 Archived-At: Juri Linkov wrote: I think this is too weird trick to quit the query-replace operation with M-> and resume it with tags-loop-continue M-, It is not a "trick", but a special case of a (to me) routine way to skip a series of occurrences known to be irrelevant by simply moving over them. You can (and I routinely do), use not just M->, but _any_ motion command for that purpose. I have no idea what is "weird", unnatural or wrong about that. It certainly is very useful. Sincerely, Luc.