Re: undoing...

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Alberto Simões <albie@alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt> writes:

Hi Alberto,

> To undo anything in emacs, I type C-x u. If I want to undo a lot of
> things, I type C-x u C-x u C-x u C-x u. Probably I can use the count
> modifier, but that is just useful when you know how many steps you
> want to undo. Isn't there any easier way?

,----[ C-h k C-x u ]
| C-x u runs the command advertised-undo
|   which is an alias for `undo' in `simple.el'.
| It is bound to C-x u.
| (advertised-undo &optional ARG)
| 
| Undo some previous changes.
| Repeat this command to undo more changes.
| A numeric argument serves as a repeat count.
| 
| In Transient Mark mode when the mark is active, only undo changes
| within the current region.  Similarly, when not in Transient Mark
| mode, just C-u as an argument limits undo to changes within the
| current region.
`----

,----[ C-h k C-_ ]
| C-_ runs the command undo
|   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
| It is bound to C-_, <undo>, C-/, <menu-bar> <edit> <undo>.
| (undo &optional ARG)
| 
| Undo some previous changes.
| Repeat this command to undo more changes.
| A numeric argument serves as a repeat count.
| 
| In Transient Mark mode when the mark is active, only undo changes
| within the current region.  Similarly, when not in Transient Mark
| mode, just C-u as an argument limits undo to changes within the
| current region.
`----

You see, you can use C-_ as well, wich is moch more convenient to type.

Bye,
Tassilo
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