From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:50:59 -0700 Message-ID: <47DF11F3.1080809@emf.net> References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200803140408.m2E47hPU014494@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87prtxpekk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87abl11ilo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874pb9koyw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9gzqv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bq5gytbi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763vndi0r.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87hcf6ratt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878x0if9ul.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9e9gnx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <873aqp5mzs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <47DEEF89.2040602@gmx.at> <47DEF2AE.3080200@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 1205799154 27698 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2008 00:12:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:12:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , Chong Yidong , "Kim F. Storm" , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 18 01:13:02 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 1JbPRt-0008WP-I4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:13:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JbPRJ-0005to-LR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:12:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JbPQz-0005jT-C2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:12:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JbPQx-0005if-7S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:12:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JbPQx-0005ib-1y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:12:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JbPQw-0007Oo-Ec for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:12:02 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.65.4] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 25749222; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:11:56 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: <47DEF2AE.3080200@gmail.com> 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:92862 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote: > What do you mean with "failed" here? I believe he asking, essentially, how he can scroll a window such that the point becomes invisible (is in some part of the buffer not shown). E.g., in a browser, double click on a word, selecting it. Now scroll so that is out of view. Type C-c to copy the selection. You copied the originally selected word. In Emacs, when you scroll the point moves if it has to to stay in the window. -t