RE: Bookmarks in non-file buffers?

[Drew Adams]

> Actually, what I want is to use Emacs as an ebook reader. Most of my
> books are in (or, at least, can be converted into) html and pdf. A
> necessary feature of any book-reading program is to save the last
> location in the current file. I tried w3m-session-save for html files,
> but it only saves the current url, not the point in the buffer.
> 
> As for the Icicles recommended by Drew, I had an impression from the
> manual that the multiple regions don't keep the mode used to open the
> file.

Then maybe the doc needs clarifying - if so, please let me know the particulars.


This feature is about saved regions (which you name/tag) - any number, from any
buffers. If you revisit the buffers later, you can revisit the regions.

Presumably, when you revisit such a buffer you revisit it in the proper mode -
that is independent of this feature; it imposes no mode.

Also, keep in mind that if the buffer content changes, then the saved regions
might be displaced, but that should not be the case for html and pdf files,
unless you modify them. This caveat is why I did not simply recommend this
feature to you - I said that it might help you. From your description so far, I
still think it might help.