From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ctrl-x Ctrl-x (exchange-point-and-mark) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:02:22 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87pr12rtap.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87d3x3wnkq.fsf@newsguy.com> <87632vcx8b.fsf@gmail.com> <87wrvavhen.fsf@newsguy.com> <87vdautvzq.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273615443 19993 80.91.229.12 (11 May 2010 22:04:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 22:04:03 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 12 00:04:02 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBxYX-00088l-93 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 May 2010 00:04:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35156 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBxYW-0002G8-Rn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 18:04:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45811 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBxY4-00025n-GY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 18:03:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBxX8-0003EE-PI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 18:02:36 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52077) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBxX8-0003E6-It for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 18:02:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBxX5-0007Qk-BW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 May 2010 00:02:31 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 00:02:31 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 00:02:31 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RXlTt34pAruM7tUXE/LqZWKuNB0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:73638 Archived-At: Tim Visher writes: > Am I understanding correctly that what you're trying to accomplish is > to not have the current region highlighted when you C-x C-x? Your understanding it alright, just missing what was in the OP: Harry wrote in OP: > > I don't want to turn off the newish behavior of how regions are > > selected, where it takes two strikes of spc bar to turn it off. I > > know there is a way to turn that off, but wondered if I might be > > able to ditch that un-wanted behavior some other way. > Another option that would avoid transient-mark-mode would be to use > pop-global-mark with `C-u C-SPC` instead of `C-x C-x` which doesn't > leave the mark active, if your only goal is to return to a previous > location and forget about the current location. That is a good one to know but I mostly do flip back and forth, but thanks for the tip... I didn't know about C-u C-spc