From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: undo for C-w in the Summary buffer
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:58:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m34oco7gas.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d3rdb5mw.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Andi Kleen <andi-gnus@firstfloor.org> writes:
> Sometimes, when reading large groups, I want to catch up on a block of
> posts with C-w, but misplace the mark and catch up on far more than I
> wanted.
>
> Unfortunately there's no undo for C-w, or is there?
No, there's no undo in the summary buffer. But you can just `Q' out if
you do something very wrong, but...
> I know I can go back to the group buffer and do undo there,
> but that usually undoes far more than I wanted to undo (just the last
> C-w)
... that usually undoes more than you wanted to. :-/
All the summary commands can be made undoable, but it would slow down
normal operations somewhat, and I'm not sure it's worth the added
complexity...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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