Re: bookmark to open a file in a position always

Re: bookmark to open a file in a position always

[Xah Lee]

On Aug 27, 6:57 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> when using bookmarks to open a file, is there a way to always open at
> a particular position of the file?
>
> thanks.

oh never mind. Actually when setting a bookmark, it'll also set the
current position.

 Xah

Re: bookmark to open a file in a position always

[Xah Lee]

On Aug 27, 11:55 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Aug 27, 6:57 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> when using bookmarks to open a file, is there a way to always open at
> >> a particular position of the file?
>
> >> thanks.
>
> > oh never mind. Actually when setting a bookmark, it'll also set the
> > current position.
>
> You might also be interested in looking at saveplace.el which IIRC opens
> files at the last remembered position (no bookmarks involved).

hi David, thanks a lot. Am downloading and trying it out now.

Xah

Re: bookmark to open a file in a position always

[David Kastrup]

Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> On Aug 27, 11:55 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
>> > On Aug 27, 6:57 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> when using bookmarks to open a file, is there a way to always open at
>> >> a particular position of the file?
>>
>> >> thanks.
>>
>> > oh never mind. Actually when setting a bookmark, it'll also set the
>> > current position.
>>
>> You might also be interested in looking at saveplace.el which IIRC opens
>> files at the last remembered position (no bookmarks involved).
>
> hi David, thanks a lot. Am downloading and trying it out now.

Should be included with current versions of Emacs, I think (it is at
least in the development version).

-- 
David Kastrup

Re: bookmark to open a file in a position always

[David Combs]

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In article <8762yv89lp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>, David Kastrup  <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Aug 27, 11:55 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
>>> > On Aug 27, 6:57 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> when using bookmarks to open a file, is there a way to always open at
>>> >> a particular position of the file?
>>>
>>> >> thanks.
>>>
>>> > oh never mind. Actually when setting a bookmark, it'll also set the
>>> > current position.
>>>
>>> You might also be interested in looking at saveplace.el which IIRC opens
>>> files at the last remembered position (no bookmarks involved).
>>
>> hi David, thanks a lot. Am downloading and trying it out now.
>
>Should be included with current versions of Emacs, I think (it is at
>least in the development version).
>
>-- 
>David Kastrup

David -- is saveplace one of the things you use yourself?  Like have
it loaded in each time you run emacs?

What *else* (that we might know about) do you use?

(If you use it, it's probably pretty good!)


Thanks,

David