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Re: [h-e-w] transient-mark-mode


From: emacs
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] transient-mark-mode
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:44:05 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.3.16i

On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 02:13:42PM -0500, Scott Goldstein wrote:
> I'm trying out transient-mark-mode because I want to be able to highlight 
> text 
> with the keyboard.
> 
> One annoyance though, is the inability to set the mark and then return to it 
> using C-X C-x.  I would like to be able to save a location in the buffer, 
> look 
> around someplace else for a while, and then return to the saved spot.
> 
> Is there any built in way to do this using transient mark mode?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott

I do not see a relationship with transient-mark-mode, but perhaps
there is another way to achieve what you want:

- Having the point (cursor) where you want to return back later type
  C-space to set the mark.

- travel around as you like

- to return back type C-u C-space (once or even more if
  necessary). This lets you walk back in a list of saved
  positions. Every mark you set will be appended to this list (and
  some other points too I think), and every C-u C-space lets you jump
  one position back in the list.

I found this some months ago and use it very frequently now.


HTH Klaus



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