From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scroll-restore.el Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:51:36 +0100 Message-ID: <47BF27C8.9040604@gmx.at> References: <87myq4saw1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <86lk5f4fjb.fsf@timbral.net> <87ejb7babz.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fcod6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8e24944a0802201446g3329febcw190f78145e3f5c4e@mail.gmail.com> <47BD2883.20009@gmx.at> <8e24944a0802220811s752c5c8axcfe92bed0402880b@mail.gmail.com> <47BF2337.2090003@gmx.at> <8e24944a0802221141i45a3c6a8xf9c92a695deb1557@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203709954 10303 80.91.229.12 (22 Feb 2008 19:52:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:52:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David De La Harpe Golden Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 22 20:52:58 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 1JSdx0-00054j-Au for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:52:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSdwV-0005eF-2P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:52:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSdwD-0005Pt-Oy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:52:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSdw9-0005O7-4C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:52:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSdw8-0005O1-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:52:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSdw8-0002OS-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:52:00 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2008 19:51:59 -0000 Original-Received: from N775P031.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.40.223]) [62.47.40.223] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 22 Feb 2008 20:51:59 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19WdkEAihxWug7szQBkPLRY62PynNIb9SPpjJBdN5 5lxrtt2InuohvT User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en In-Reply-To: <8e24944a0802221141i45a3c6a8xf9c92a695deb1557@mail.gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:90010 Archived-At: >>No. The region is restored automatically when the original position is >> restored. > > ... But that means you would have to restore the position (e.g. by > scrolling back "manually") before hitting kill? Yes. > in other systems, it > is conventional for the C-x/C-c cut/copy to do the kill of the > partially or totally scrolled-offscreen active region (not of a > different region, which is what happens without jump-back, unless I'm > still misunderstanding) - i.e. for this purpose, jump back is involved > so as to jump back to restore the point position so as to > insta-restore the original region just before kill. You do understand correctly. Having jump-back nil _is_ inconsistent. But I never kill the region when I'm scrolling. I always "explicitly" move `point' before.