Re: held down the undo key too long: don't undo the undos so fast please

[Sam Steingold]

> * In message <m2n10q89iv.fsf@dan.jacobson.tw>
> * On the subject of "held down the undo key too long: don't undo the undos so 
> fast please"
> * Sent on Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:07:36 +0800
> * Honorable jidanni@deadspam.com (Dan Jacobson) writes:
>
> Consider the case when you've done 1000 changes and you hold down the
> undo key to get back to the original state.  well, what do you know,
> there will be a brief flashing in the minibuffer saying that you hit
> bottom, and then you proceed to undo the undos, getting in deeper and
> deeper trouble...  i'd say when we hit bottom, demand that the user do
> something different, oh anything, a little C-f will qualify, and only
> then proceed to undo any undos.

yes, this is a very real problem, but IMO it is better and cleaner fixed
by having explicit separate "undo" and "redo" commands which do not turn
into each other, ever.

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