From: Mathias Dahl <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Make register insertion consistent with other insertion
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:27:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABrcCQ7NcH3URK9PKB5iSd08U7-_dzDd91Hzd8AO8nvMR2jcSw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54110847.50204@dancol.org>
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>
> > I'd like to apply the following patch to flip the sense of the prefix
> > argument to interact calls to insert-register. I find the current
> > default behavior of putting point before the inserted text annoying; I
> > want it after more often and don't want to add C-u to an already long
> > key sequence.
>
I seldom use registers but I tried this out right now. I can say for a fact
that I know that, in the way I would use it, if I got into the habit of
using it, would be to prefer point after the inserted text.
So, for what it's worth: +1.
/Mathias
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
wrote:
> I'd like to apply the following patch to flip the sense of the prefix
> argument to interact calls to insert-register. I find the current
> default behavior of putting point before the inserted text annoying; I
> want it after more often and don't want to add C-u to an already long
> key sequence.
>
> Of course, this is an incompatible change to a very old interface, but
> the breakage should be limited to muscle memory and recorded macros.
>
> === modified file 'lisp/register.el'
> --- lisp/register.el 2014-06-03 09:06:18 +0000
> +++ lisp/register.el 2014-09-11 02:24:53 +0000
> @@ -425,13 +425,14 @@
> "Insert contents of register REGISTER. (REGISTER is a character.)
> Normally puts point before and mark after the inserted text.
> If optional second arg is non-nil, puts mark before and point after.
> -Interactively, second arg is non-nil if prefix arg is supplied.
> +Interactively, second arg is nil if prefix arg is supplied and t
> +otherwise.
>
> Interactively, reads the register using `register-read-with-preview'."
> (interactive (progn
> (barf-if-buffer-read-only)
> (list (register-read-with-preview "Insert register: ")
> - current-prefix-arg)))
> + (not current-prefix-arg))))
> (push-mark)
> (let ((val (get-register register)))
> (cond
>
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-11 2:26 Make register insertion consistent with other insertion Daniel Colascione
2014-09-11 14:01 ` Tom
2014-09-13 11:27 ` Mathias Dahl [this message]
2014-09-13 14:04 ` Stefan Monnier
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