Re: How to mark and search text in less keystrokes ?

[Christiano Farina Haesbaert]

On Oct 2, 12:42 pm, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > > How can I search for the occurences of the word myfunc at the same
> > > buffer AND mark my position where I was, so I can iterate
> > > through the results and get back to my original spot at any time.
>
> One reply:
>
> > To go back use C-g
>
> Another reply, saying the same thing:
>
> > C-g will quit search and return point to where you started
>
> But C-g takes you back to the beginning only if you never exited Isearch (e.g.
> with RET).
>
> I thought the OP meant that he exited search and later wanted to get back to 
> the
> search start. For that, just use `C-x C-x'.

Actually you are right, that's what I meant, I figured that C-g would
only work after my reply, C-x C-x is what I need indeed.

Thanks a lot.