From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Samuel Wales Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: make undo operate as in (no flames please) vim Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:40 -0700 Message-ID: <20524da70901281221q72f248d0v2ddb168e376eb83c@mail.gmail.com> References: <87eiyusrn4.fsf@newsguy.com> <000f01c97e88$e231db20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87vds3miqt.fsf@newsguy.com> <003501c97f0e$ba8c8210$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <4981c152$1@news.greennet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233174149 26765 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2009 20:22:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:22:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Ken Goldman Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 28 21:23:41 2009 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 4.50) id 1LSGwe-0001zm-84 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:23:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55178 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSGvM-0008Ic-1q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:22:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSGuw-0008FJ-28 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:21:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSGut-0008B2-Sg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:21:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51988 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSGut-0008Av-PF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:21:43 -0500 Original-Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.180]:15840) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSGut-00056H-Fr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:21:43 -0500 Original-Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c30so1547541ika.2 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:21:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Zy4x8bcKyp3yIYUhIkc3U0BqHmtigb1KHudbCmg50+0=; b=p4xMlbY3069jBEJONVCFMdb3qFjakdiNrP5/RgP5CqscrIym9vE2a1XtEMAk7IoVJB MtW9EoY5l+BieKhtYY3w774vBbL8AMZD70SDOE196aO2ZvVu0FLw4eibEZkMOI4VGZ1h OAwBQPnmYBJCYJuaMa6SS9JKu4f/JfvZAikUk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=wKLmmC0gvXZhsXqFyRUj1HG0vNanDTFDDlfNEvMfq/FFfxs5bgEhQKN1DnCIuDQ1uH K/I5pUDnrB0fOobLQGq+ebqg9gY9vUAqANy29ovcUO+yZfQZ3BBxQAzuUztuqzSQuvTg 7PdcaRTXFFCZqoQM+CPCF/8GwgDc79xmbVM8I= Original-Received: by 10.66.217.18 with SMTP id p18mr658923ugg.60.1233174100956; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:21:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4981c152$1@news.greennet.net> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:61737 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:14, Ken Goldman wrote: > Samuel Wales wrote: > >> More generally, many commands have no good provision for >> overshooting. > > Common problem, trivial solution. > > If you overshoot the undo, just hit any character, e.g. space. Then > undo will start going backward, basically undoing the previous undo. Please read the rest of my post -- including the end of the paragraph that you quote -- where I directly address that proposed solution. -- For personal and corporate gain, myalgic encephalomyelitis denialists are knowingly causing massive suffering and 25-years-early death by grossly corrupting science. http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/What_Is_ME_What_Is_CFS.htm