From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bookmarks in registers Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 06:44:43 +0000 Message-ID: <87a5xalag4.fsf@posteo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16877"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Christopher Howard Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 08 08:45:46 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q79Oz-0004Co-3N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:45:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q79O8-0002sd-JV; Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:44:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q79O6-0002sF-Cb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:44:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q79O4-0008Qi-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:44:50 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E6BF240029 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2023 08:44:45 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1686206686; bh=F2erlfsyy5EuWFtpC9eojBUoVX37i7hxJCGx90Kqo08=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:From; b=lzXi2qeQNBUZyrCDKbr5LOeY5B8CltbHV19WiLODDA+ANiKJha4I3ZjgW6U8//NkF Z03DEw4A1dOyclf5FxmTkKN3kCaWi/jIVv1J7yhIOheBMT95hjRdHDcaPHwg7q9zh9 xA03tk3WqwbbS1v3Hr137d9AkjLg7WizpGGesqPkeUyx45miGKJ8GQeK4gFgQkjtqS R0533hjcJaRI4tWbVfdnJrcNQgH0XtLVXCTr5xBP7TRs7imwVIGBQmr56kjoBGslU8 TJk85oU4uEIBISLrhJGVeAnUx+VqbOaZ1RiXKf7g5NXUVpcag3Zi9V74Qx9FJ6JZ1h G2Uj4Pv0HImwQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4QcF7d42cRz6twR; Thu, 8 Jun 2023 08:44:45 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Christopher Howard's message of "Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:28:06 -0800") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; keydata= mDMEZBBQQhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHJuofBrfqFh12uQu0Yi7mrl525F28eTmwUDflFNmdui0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiWBBMWCAA+FiEEDg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwMFCQHhM4AFCwkI BwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwulikAEA77hloUiSrXgFkUVJhlKBpLCHUjA0 mWZ9j9w5d08+jVwBAK6c4iGP7j+/PhbkxaEKa4V3MzIl7zJkcNNjHCXmvFcEuDgEZBBQQhIKKwYB BAGXVQEFAQEHQI5NLiLRjZy3OfSt1dhCmFyn+fN/QKELUYQetiaoe+MMAwEIB4h+BBgWCAAmFiEE Dg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwwFCQHhM4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwukm+wEA8cml4JpK NeAu65rg+auKrPOP6TP/4YWRCTIvuYDm0joBALw98AMz7/qMHvSCeU/hw9PL6u6R2EScxtpKnWof z4oM Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306695 Archived-At: Christopher Howard writes: > Hi, I explored this idea recently, and was wondering if it could be something easily added to the next release of emacs: > > http://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20230607-0.gmi For those who don't want to open the link: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (defun bookmark-point-to-register () (interactive) (set-register (register-read-with-preview "register: ") (bookmark-make-record))) (defun bookmark-register-to-point () (interactive) (bookmark--jump-via (get-register (register-read-with-preview "register: ")) 'pop-to-buffer-same-window)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > Maybe some active Emacs developer would want to run with this basic idea and throw together a patch? Getting other people to write a patch for you is usually not productive. I'd recommend trying to do so yourself (check out the CONTRIBUTE file in emacs.git), in which case there is something concrete to discuss. > I've found in my workflow that it is convenient to be able to put an > anonymous bookmark into a register. For example, if you are > temporarily moving around between a few different info manuals. How is this different from `point-to-register' and `jump-to-register'?