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From: Peter Pezaris <pez@dwwc.com>
To: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
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Subject: Re: Undo!
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    >> change.  You hit undo 47 times to get back to that point, and
    >> change the thing that needs to get changed.  Wouldn't it be
    >> nice to hit "redo" 47 times to get back to where you really
    >> want to be?

    Hrv> I don't think any redo mechanism works that way.  Once you
    Hrv> actually change anything, the redo possibility is lost.

    Hrv> The way redo works, e.g. in `joe' editor is that you can
    Hrv> press undo n times, then move around all you want, and then
    Hrv> press redo m times (m <= n) to undo the undo itself.

    Hrv> In Emacs when you start moving around, the undo-s are
    Hrv> recorded as just a set of changes to the buffer, which is
    Hrv> often annoying.

You are, of course, correct.  Sometimes what comes out of my brain
doesn't always translate correctly all the way to the tips of my
fingers.

Sorry for the confusion.

-Pez

