Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/07/14:13:46
Lars Eighner <eighner AT io DOT com> wrote:
> I think for the minimum in emacs that meets all the conditions of
> the problem, you have to begin by dropping a mark and end by
> switching the cursor and the mark.
(Incremental) searching puts the mark where you started searching
automatically, so C-x C-x at the end would be enough.
> The only keystroke saved is that from not having to terminal the
> search string, owing to progressive searching in emacs -- which
> tends to make me dizzy without adding any real usefulness that I can
> see.
You don't *have* to use that. Press RET to get into non-interactive
mode.
> Did they ever fix EDIT so it became possible to insert another file
> without having to mess with the clipboard?
Yes, in MS-DOS 7.0 (Win95) and up, EDIT can open multiple files.
--
Groeten, *Michel* _http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mdruiter_
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