exchange-point-and-mark(2)

NAME

exchange-point-and-mark - Exchange the cursor and marked position

SYNOPSIS

exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x)

DESCRIPTION

exchange-point-and-mark moves the cursor to the current marked position (see set-mark(2)) in the current window and moves the mark to where the cursor was. This is very useful in finding where a mark was, or in returning to a position previously marked.

The current buffer mark line and column position may be obtained from within a macro using the variables $window-mark-line(5) and $window-mark-col(5).

SEE ALSO

set-mark(2), copy-region(2), $window-mark-col(5), $window-mark-line(5).

Ref: exchange-point-and-mark(2) File: m2cmd043.2 Date: 2022/06/12

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