From 9b46150ab04f33514561d0589f9c37eae58bea23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Pluim Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:16:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Improve 'repeat-mode' entry. --- etc/NEWS | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 4caf81d1681..5b6e2676c84 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -3225,16 +3225,24 @@ Type 'M-x repeat-mode RET' to enable this mode. You can then type instead of 'C-x o C-x o' to switch windows, 'C-x { { } } ^ ^ v v' to resize the selected window interactively, 'M-g n n p p' to navigate next-error matches. Any other key exits this temporarily enabled -transient mode that supports shorter keys, and then after exiting -from this mode the default key binding is used for the last typed key. -'repeat-exit-key' defines an additional key to exit mode like -'isearch-exit' ('RET'). The user option 'repeat-exit-timeout' -specifies the number of seconds of idle time to break the repetition -chain automatically. With 'repeat-keep-prefix' you can keep the -prefix arg of the previous command. For example, this can help to -reverse the window navigation direction with e.g. 'C-x o M-- o o'. -Also it can help to set a new step with e.g. 'C-x { C-5 { { {', -which will set the window resizing step to 5 columns. +transient mode that supports shorter keys, and then after exiting from +this mode the default key binding is used for the last typed key. + +The user option 'repeat-exit-key' defines an additional key usable to +exit the mode like 'isearch-exit' ('RET'). + +The user option 'repeat-exit-timeout' (default nil, which means +forever) specifies the number of seconds of idle time after which to +break the repetition chain automatically. + +When user option 'repeat-keep-prefix' is non-nil (the default), the +prefix arg of the previous command is kept. This can be used to +e.g. reverse the window navigation direction with 'C-x o M-- o o' or +to set a new step with 'C-x { C-5 { { {', which will set the window +resizing step to 5 columns. + +'M-x describe-repeat-maps' will display a buffer showing +which commands are repeatable in 'repeat-mode'. --- ** New themes 'modus-vivendi' and 'modus-operandi'. -- 2.39.5