set set-mark-command-repeat-pop back to nil

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/.emacs.d/init-spw.el b/.emacs.d/init-spw.el
index 0a244e38..3751b97e 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init-spw.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init-spw.el
@@ -382,16 +382,17 @@ I use by default)."
 
 (setq transient-mark-mode nil
 
-      ;; Disadvantage of this is that re-setting the mark right after popping
-      ;; to it, to go and edit somewhere in destination buffer and then come
-      ;; back, requires *remembering that* C-u C-u prefix is needed, and if
-      ;; popping fewer than four times, it's more keystrokes.  I'm not sure
-      ;; how distracting it is going to be to have to remember to do that, and
-      ;; how often I want to re-set the mark right after popping to it, so
-      ;; turning this on experimentally.
+      ;; If this is set to t, then re-setting the mark right after popping to
+      ;; it -- to go and edit somewhere near the destination and then come
+      ;; back, say -- requires remembering that a C-u C-u prefix is needed;
+      ;; that cognitive load outweighs a few extra C-u when this is nil, I
+      ;; think.  And the cost of forgetting is high: you've lost the position,
+      ;; and it might take quite a few keypresses to get back there.
       ;;
-      ;; Hmm, with `repeat' easily accessible on C-z, might not need this.
-      set-mark-command-repeat-pop t)
+      ;; Further, if you pop fewer than four times and then want to set a
+      ;; mark, that requires no fewer keystrokes with this set to t than with
+      ;; it set to nil.  There is also `repeat' to repeatedly pop.
+      set-mark-command-repeat-pop nil)
 (defun spw/remap-mark-command (command &optional map)
   "Remap a mark-* command to temporarily activate Transient Mark mode."
   (let* ((cmd (symbol-name command))