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Re: Emacs navigation mode
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Emacs navigation mode |
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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:04:45 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.382.1333394753.20052.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Deniz Dogan <deniz@dogan.se> wrote:
> On 2012-04-02 21:20, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> > () Earendil<matcio1@gmail.com>
> > () Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:01:15 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > remembers positions in buffers you were
> > watching long enough
> >
> > I don't understand what this means.
> > Could you give an example of this behavior?
> > Is "long enough" configurable in some way?
> >
>
> If you've been viewing a buffer portion for longer than N seconds, store
> a rough estimate of the buffer and the position in a data structure
> somewhere for later use.
In Emacs, the way this is addressed is that commands that are likely to
cause a big change in buffer position usually save the previous position
automatically in the mark ring. For instance, type M-> to jump to the
end of the buffer, and it will display "Mark set". The same thing
happens when you perform a search.
You can then walk back through the mark ring by typing C-u C-space
repeatedly until you get to the saved position you care about.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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