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2.6 Mark Commands
The following commands are used to mark positions in the buffer.
- m ch
-
Store current point in the register ch. ch must be a
lower-case ASCII letter.
- m <
- Set mark at the beginning of current buffer.
- m >
- Set mark at the end of current buffer.
- m .
- Set mark at point.
- m ,
- Jump to mark (and pop mark off the mark ring).
Emacs uses the mark ring to store marked positions. The commands
m <, m > and m . not only set mark but also add it as the
latest element of the mark ring (replacing the oldest one). By repeating
the command `m ,' you can visit older and older marked positions. You
will eventually be in a loop as the mark ring is a ring.
