dot-mode.el 1.11

dot-mode.el is a minor mode for GNU Emacs / XEmacs that emulates the '.' command in vi. The original version was written in 1995 by James Gillespie.<br /><br />I took over maintenance in 2000 and did a much needed update to code portability and also added some nice features. Much of the code was re-written, but the original design was sound and remains intact. dot-mode.el project is distributed under the GNU General Public License.<br /><br />Why was it written?<br /><br />For those of you not in the know, the '.' command in vi simply repeats the last edit made. In my experience, this is/has been the biggest feature that vi users claim they just can't live without. After having developed this feature for emacs, I'd have to say I agree with them.<br /><br />dot-mode.el was written so that vi users no longer have an excuse for not switching to an emacs variant. Emacs is, of course, superior in every other way...<br /><br />Here are some key features of "dot mode el":<br /><br />?*A* New keybinding C-. emulates . command in vi.<br />?*A* Calls to extended commands (M-x some-command) are also captured.<br />?*A* There is an "override" mode that allows you to record keystrokes that don't change the buffer.<br />?*A* You can specify whether dot-mode remembers "undo" commands.<br />?*A* dot-mode can either share a single command buffer between all windows with dot-mode on, or each window can have it's own command buffer.<br />?*A* You can copy the saved keystrokes into the keyboard macro.<br />?*A* Works on GNU Emacs (including NT Emacs) and XEmacs.<br /><br />Limitations:<br /><br />?*A* Certain interactive commands such as query-replace or query-replace-regexp are not recorded properly. There is no plan to fix this. You can still record a keyboard macro to capture these types of functions.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	*nix, Linux
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