Re: make undo operate as in (no flames please) vim

[Samuel Wales]

Point taken about other thread.  It is a generalization.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:29, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> IOW, Emacs generally allows multiple alternative behaviors - different strokes
> for different folks.

Of course.  Existing users should not be forced to change.

> In this case, it sounds like you haven't yet found the right undo behavior for
> you (and perhaps others). If none satisfactory exists yet, then I think the 
> only

Not true.  redo.el has adequate behavior.  But it has a bug that makes
it corrupt the buffer.

>> And you *not* asked to "just go backward on the backward" by pressing
>> the key until you overshoot, then pressing another key, then pressing
>> the key again a bunch of times until you undo the overshoot.
>> You just press the key!
>
> Other thread.

This thread, if I understood the OP correctly.

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