From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Redo/Undo Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:47:05 -0400 Organization: Bell Sympatico Message-ID: <87wtlbw3bv.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> References: <1126436508.461480.28080@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <85r7bonqpl.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127271988 12185 80.91.229.2 (21 Sep 2005 03:06:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 21 05:06:25 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHuvC-0005Dx-Pe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:05:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHuvB-0002dr-Vm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:05:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-in.mts.net!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eYiGfyr0kO3rTbt7xfZmUix/e6c= Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.49.81.204 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1127270825 70.49.81.204 (Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:47:05 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:47:05 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134045 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:29606 Archived-At: >> I've gotten so used to it that I don't even notice it when I'm using >> Emacs anymore > They say that if all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking > like a nail This is really silly. Both styles of undo/redo have their merit. Claiming that one of the two is a "poor man's workaround" is not going to get you anywhere, especially since plain undo/redo (like redo.el offers) is just as simple to implement as the default undo/redo system. Emacs doesn't come bundled with redo.el. In Emacs-CVS I've added a command `undo-only' which provides your notion of undo. It doesn't offer your notion of redo yet, tho. Stefan