From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ctrl-x Ctrl-x (exchange-point-and-mark) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 13:47:28 +0200 Organization: aich tea tea pea dicky riley dot net Message-ID: References: <87d3x3wnkq.fsf@newsguy.com> <87632vcx8b.fsf@gmail.com> <87wrvavhen.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273579848 5287 80.91.229.12 (11 May 2010 12:10:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:10:48 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 11 14:10:47 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1OBoIM-0001Fj-6O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55507 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBoIL-0008JB-KM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 08:10:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35779 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OBoHq-0008Hq-TD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 08:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBoHk-0007e7-Se for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 08:10:09 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:49162) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBoHk-0007dk-Iq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 08:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBoHj-0000tM-80 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:03 +0200 Original-Received: from 85.183.18.158 ([85.183.18.158]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:03 +0200 Original-Received: from rileyrg by 85.183.18.158 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 47 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.183.18.158 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:73628 Archived-At: Harry Putnam writes: > Sean Sieger writes: > >> Harry Putnam writes: >> >> I see there are no customizing option matching >> `exchange-point-and-mark' (Ctrl-x Ctrl-x) >> > >> C-g doesn't suit you? > No not really... its actually quicker to strike spc bar twice (to me) > > What I had hoped for was some setting so that there wouldn't be yet > more clickety clack to exchange point and mark .. I don't understand > why it defaults to selecting the region. > > Maybe I'm using C-x C-x for the wrong purpose (to return to previous > location) and should be using registers.. but again, its more messing > around. That would require. > C-x r spc to return > > As opposed to C-x C-x > > Maybe there are more ways to return to previous location? > > [...] > > Štěpán Němec writes: > > [...] > >> Did you actually read the documentation of `exchange-point-and-mark'? >> Unless I'm missing something, using a prefix argument should do what you > > I saw that, yes but wasn't looking for a solution that involved more > key strokes. Striking spc bar twice is bad enough but at least fairly > quick. > > Something like C-1 C-x C-x might get to be routine.. but doesn't seem > so handy just at a few tests. > I tend to use C-x C-x and then M-w rather than C-g. Yes, it does copy too but any paste is soon rid of by M-y. Heh, looking at it, it seems somewhat convoluted but it works well for me with the way my hands rest on the keyboard.