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 08:21:13 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87vdautvzq.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87d3x3wnkq.fsf@newsguy.com> <87632vcx8b.fsf@gmail.com> <87wrvavhen.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 1273584135 21737 80.91.229.12 (11 May 2010 13:22:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 13:22:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 11 15:22:14 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 1OBpPY-0004xJ-8s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:22:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49809 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBpPX-0001CM-ET for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 09:22:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54301 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBpOn-0001Ax-RL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 09:21:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBpOm-0003FL-Ak for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 09:21:25 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:57679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBpOm-0003F7-1j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 09:21:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBpOk-0004Xf-78 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:21:22 +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 ; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:21:22 +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 ; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:21:22 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 18 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:sLqbVz1a0SgaYjUFopKIfflMar0= 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:73630 Archived-At: > I tend to use C-x C-x and then M-w rather than C-g. Yes, it does > copy too but any paste is soon rid of by M-y. Heh, looking at it, > it seems somewhat convoluted but it works well for me with the way > my hands rest on the keyboard. He he... . How do you hit it? left thumb to `M' and left middle/index finger to `w' It seems pretty awkward here.. double strike to spc bar to loose the highlight seems quickest... but I've been using for a while too. Ever since the new highlight defaults come into effect. Although C-g would be a close second. Some how I never thought of C-g. I use it dozens of times a day to stop all kinds of things, just never occurred to me to use it for this purpose (loosing the hightlight). It might grow on me.