From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: delete-selection-mode Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:06:38 +0100 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <87y6hpy8ht.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87ocitw2dl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <201003130001.o2D01FFQ003489@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <87vdd1yqe4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87eijjzrkd.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> <20100317143519.GB4381@muc.de> <87vdcui6oh.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20100318101223.GB2704@muc.de> <87aau52a84.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268925546 5666 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2010 15:19:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:19:06 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 16:19:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1NsHUx-0004ej-U3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:19:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39992 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsHOd-0002Yk-2a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:12:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsHMW-0000nX-KK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:10:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=32962 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsHMU-0000ky-CW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsHMP-0002J2-7X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:10:14 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:49184) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsHMP-0002IR-1n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:10:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsHMM-000832-QQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:06 +0100 Original-Received: from p5b2c2262.dip.t-dialin.net ([91.44.34.98]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:06 +0100 Original-Received: from dak by p5b2c2262.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:06 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5b2c2262.dip.t-dialin.net X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QmYNAPet45QqvxqQLwFwBD6ZXNc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:122168 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> For the record: I just noticed that a few minutes ago I yanked some >> stuff from one buffer into a different buffer, then used C-x C-x to move >> to the top of the inserted material in order to add a newline and some >> other stuff there. > > Were you mildly annoyed by the highlighting that was displayed between > C-x C-x and when you inserted the "newline and other stuff"? I type fast enough for it not to make a difference, and it is expected by now. It also sort of acts like a really strong indication of where the cursor jumped. >> The sequence C-y C-x C-x is rather common in my usage patterns. And I >> don't know an equally convenient substitute. > > C-y C-u C-x C-x would do the trick (at the cost of an extra key stroke, > obviously, tho in this case it might not be too inconvenient since C-u > is right next to C-y on the keyboard). "equally convenient". C-u C-x C-x is a complex concept, not an idiom in itself. -- David Kastrup