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Re:Helix: a post-modern modal text editor by hvis on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:03PM (#27362011)
> I'd like to have an analogue to jump back with my C-x stuff like I do with M-. and M-, - any emacs people have suggestions on how to do that?

If you use Xref UI for "Find References/Implementations/Type", M-, should work in those cases too.

There is a more general question: how to "jump forward" again, without re-invoking the previous navigation command with the exact arguments. IDEA, already mentioned in comments, has key bindings for that.

There are several third-party packages which attempt to solve it as well. I'm using this one:

https://github.com/tcw165/history

You can also add "jump back" to your other navigation commands, even if they don't use the Xref UI.

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Re:Helix: a post-modern modal text editor by karthink on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @03:43AM (#27366026)
Jumping "forward" is sort of built into Emacs with C-x C-SPC, pop-global-mark.

The objective and this command are fairly but not completely aligned, so it may require multiple presses of C-x C-SPC. To be clear, you only need to press C-SPC after the first invocation to repeat the command.

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Re:Helix: a post-modern modal text editor by hvis on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:02AM (#27368802)
"sort of" and "not completely aligned" are just right: IMO, the mark navigation feature is just clunky/broken compared to the alternatives.

You don't want to iterate between the marks in the current buffer in a loop, or somehow keep track of whether each of the last three navigations changed the buffer or not (which would affect which one of the mark rings you'll have to use to go back or forward).

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