From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: alex.branham@gmail.com, 30212@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30212: 26.0.91; [PATCH] push mark before moving point in shell output
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:10:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8336zt2ger.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lgdlh996.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:24:05 +0200)
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:24:05 +0200
> Cc: 30212@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Since shell commands move point, I find it useful to push the mark so
> > that I can navigate around different output using C-u C-SPC. This
> > patch adds the push-mark call that's necessary to
> > shell-command--save-pos-or-erase.
>
> [...]
>
> > (when pos
> > + (push-mark pos t)
> > (goto-char (point-max))
>
> Hm... I don't think it would be a good idea to set the mark
> unexpectedly -- people have certain expectations on what commands set
> the mark, and setting it for every command in shell mode would be
> unusual and get in the way of people's work habits, I think.
If the commands in questions tend to move very far away, it is
accepted Emacs behavior to push a mark before such large moves.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-22 19:55 bug#30212: 26.0.91; [PATCH] push mark before moving point in shell output Alex Branham
2018-04-17 20:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-04-18 6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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