Re: Can I type text without changing my current cursor point?

[B. T. Raven]

dIbMx2 wrote:
> ithai levi <ithai.levi@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm almost sure I saw this once, I just can recall the sequence. 
> > What I want to do is to hit C+something and then type but have my cursor stay in its current point
> > and not move forward. Then I can somehow exit this mode (ESC) and type some 
> > text which will be
> > inserted in between. This could be useful to type a prefix, a suffix and then 
> > the content without
> > having to move the cursor back. 
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > I would type "obj.method(" then press C+? then type "); // a comment", press ESC and type 
> > "1,2,3"
> > without moving the cursor.
> >
> > (what I do now is use C+SPC to set the mark, type and then press C+x C+SPC to 
> > go back to the mark)
> >
> > TIA :)
>
> cua-set-rectangle-mark   C+return

obj.method("C-spc"); // comment C-x C-x will put you after the first 
quotation mark via exchange-point-and-mark-nomark. This isn't exactly 
the same as pop-global-mark, which you are using now. C-x C-x is 
slightly easier than C-x C-spc. I put it on one keychord with:

(global-set-key [(super <SPC>)] 'exchange-point-and-mark-nomark)

but I'm a little hazy on the vector notation. The .... -nomark feature 
may be an artifact of pc-selection-mode.

Ed