Textmate bookmark behavior on emacs

Question

Is there a way to have the same behavior as Textmate's bookmark functions in emacs?

In Textmate, after I bookmark a line (with an F key - no need to name it), I can return to it with another F key (again, without the need to name the bookmark).

Beside that, I can have several unamed bookmarks on a page, and cicle through them just pressind the "go-to bookmark" F Key.

Let's break the question:

• It's possible to bookmark lines on a file without the need to name them and without the need to press RET?
• It's possible to have several unamed bookmarks on a single file?
• It's possible to cicle between them, also without the need to press RET?

Thanks in advance! :)

Answer 1

You ask:

• It's possible to bookmark lines on a file without the need to name them and without the need to press RET?
• It's possible to have several unamed bookmarks on a single file?
• It's possible to cicle between them, also without the need to press RET?

Yes, yes, and yes. And much more --- using Bookmark+.

For the first two questions, see the doc section about autonamed bookmarks. For the third question, see the section about cycling among a set of bookmarks (e.g., the autonamed bookmarks in the current buffer).

Answer 2

I would say "position registers" is the emacs way. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Position-Registers.html#Position-Registers

A simpler alternative would be to use the mark, although it's a different way to save and jump positions, since they have no associated name/key: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Mark.html