Re: [Nano-devel] dropping an anchor at a place where wants to return

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 29-10-18 om 21:02 schreef Victor Khong - Horsefly Realty:
>     > Anyone who would like to see this included?
> 
>     > I would.
> 
> Yes, I would also like to see this feature included. 

Okay.  So there is some interest in this feature.  But... how
exactly should this work?  And maybe you (David, Victor, ...)
find the mechanism proposed by Marco better?

For the anchoring, I can imagine three forms of functioning:

1) As the patch proposed: if there is no anchor, M-' sets it;
if there is an anchor and the cursor sits on it, then the anchor
is cleared; if the cursor is elsewhere than the anchor, the cursor
jumps to the anchor.  But this risks the user forgetting to clear
the anchor, and when she wants to set it elsewhere... the cursor
unexpectedly and frustratingly jumps.

2) If there is no anchor, M-' sets it; otherwise, the cursor jumps
to the anchor *and* clears it.  This prevents the user forgetting
to clear the anchor.  This only risks the user forgetting to have
set an anchor, and then the cursor jumping when wanting to set an
anchor.

3) M-" always sets the anchor; M-' jumps to it.  Clearing the
anchor is not needed.  But this eats up two keystrokes.  And
somehow I find typing Shift+Alt+key quite awkward.

Benno

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