> 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'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