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Save Caret Position in Udo Buffer?
Submitted by jrchilds on Wednesday, 14 January, 2009 - 20:12
Does anyone know if there is currently a way that I can tell jEdit to remember Caret positions in the undo buffer?

We commonly will do several searches in a row trying to follow out the logic of a routine, then we want to be able to step back through the results, (or cursor locations,) using undo.

Any ideas?
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by Robert Schwenn on Wed, 14/01/2009 - 22:58
I'm afraid I don't understand Your goal. Why do You want to use "undo" when You don't want to undo anything?

Did You have had a look at the Navigator plugin?

Robert
 
Navigator Remembers cursor Position
by jrchilds on Thu, 15/01/2009 - 14:40
After trying the Navigator plugin, I think it will work for me.

Think of it this way... When trying to figure out how a routine works in our language, you may need to go on a tangent that drags you around to a half a dozen different routines. I essentially want to be able to undo the tangent, even thought I have made no changes that would be in the undo buffer.

In visual studio you could remember the cursor position in the undo buffer so that when you go on a tangent to figure out how a routine works, you could ctrl+z your way back to where you started from.

That is essentially what I am trying to do. Navigator is not ideal but it works. I can just change my thinking a little bit so that I have two undo buffers, one for changes, and one for tangents. I assigned Navigators "Back" button to alt+z, and I think it should work fine, it's just going to take a little getting used to.

Thanks for the tip.

James
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