From: bvraghav@iitk.ac.in (B.V. Raghav)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: When using rectangle-mark-mode in an editable dired buffer, how can I edit the region?
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:22:15 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eg1kwdc0.fsf@ram.bvr.dp.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <61e09a1f5e3aa9edbc2560bd9a0563d9@waifu.club> (s1ohy@waifu.club's message of "Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:26:08 +0000")
s1ohy@waifu.club writes:
> above, only works if I manually position the cursor at the beginning
> of the filename, thus not being able to quickly repeat it with F4 or
> call it with a numeric argument.
This IMHO, is a common use case, and though you already have a solution,
I might have had a different view point, with an arbitrary tabular
data. So I suggest having a look at:
| (set-goal-column ARG)
| It is bound to C-x C-n.
| Set the current horizontal position as a goal for C-n and C-p.
| Those commands will move to this position in the line moved to
| rather than trying to keep the same horizontal position.
| With a non-nil argument ARG, clears out the goal column
| so that C-n and C-p resume vertical motion.
| The goal column is stored in the variable `goal-column'.
As mentioned, you may clear the goal column with `C-u C-x C-n'
My two cents.
--
(B.V. Raghav)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-07 4:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-06 2:58 When using rectangle-mark-mode in an editable dired buffer, how can I edit the region? s1ohy
2016-12-06 7:25 ` Bob Proulx
2016-12-06 16:54 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-12-06 17:02 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-12-06 22:26 ` s1ohy
2016-12-07 4:52 ` B.V. Raghav [this message]
2016-12-07 7:00 ` Bob Proulx
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