From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: keep|flush-lines, how-many to be used backward. Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <873ax4ufhw.fsf@cadilhac.name> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190729473 3271 80.91.229.12 (25 Sep 2007 14:11:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:11:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: michael@cadilhac.name (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl?= Cadilhac) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 25 16:11:08 2007 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 4.50) id 1IaB7v-0005QC-Nz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:11:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IaB7s-0004dE-9b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:11:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IaB7p-0004cy-Hl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IaB7o-0004cM-35 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IaB7n-0004cJ-Vm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:56 -0400 Original-Received: from vpn-132-204-232-38.acd.umontreal.ca ([132.204.232.38] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IaB7n-0006Se-Fr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:55 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DF1A5B4134; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:10:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <873ax4ufhw.fsf@cadilhac.name> (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Micha=EBl?= Cadilhac"'s message of "Mon\, 24 Sep 2007 19\:42\:35 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: 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:79801 Archived-At: >>> I've been using this for a few days, and I find it quite useful. >>> It may be good to install. The effect: C-u M-x how-many RET is >>> how-many'ing in the text *before* point. Same for C-u M-x keep-lines. >> >> Dunno. Why do you find that very useful? It's only one more keystroke to do >> without it: `C-SPC M-<' instead of `C-u'. (Admittedly, that's a complex >> keystroke, involving Shift on many keyboards.) > Well, I don't have this Transient-mark-mode thingy enabled. So I must > type C-SPC C-SPC M-< then C-x C-x to return to the point (I mostly use > `how-many'), then C-g to remove this BSOD-like Transient mark. For me, > its Hmm... you shouldn't need C-g here, sounds like a bug. Stefan