From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>
Cc: 62892@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62892: proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:11:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86y1mrq8yg.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFXT+RN4zLaFRYwczji+nxFQjB_r0RRb=NLnmenO3so_ELq5Kw@mail.gmail.com> (Zachary Kanfer's message of "Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:25:28 -0400")
> C-M-@ is bound to `#'mark-sexp`. This command works incrementally -- that
> is, calling this once marks the sexp after point; calling it again marks
> one more sexp (in total, the two sexps after point).
>
> It would be convenient to easily be able to mark sexps backwards as well.
Did you know that it's possible to switch directions by typing 'C-x C-x'.
After that 'C-M-@' extends the region backwards.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-17 7:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-17 2:25 bug#62892: proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command Zachary Kanfer
2023-04-17 3:06 ` Ruijie Yu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-04-20 5:25 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-04-20 7:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-21 5:04 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-04-21 6:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-21 7:24 ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-04-21 9:51 ` Visuwesh
2023-04-21 13:10 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-04-23 5:33 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-04-25 22:26 ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-04-26 4:41 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-04-26 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-27 2:37 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-04-27 12:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-27 18:12 ` Juri Linkov
2023-04-28 5:28 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-06 8:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-28 17:04 ` Juri Linkov
2023-04-28 19:28 ` Drew Adams
2023-05-04 4:48 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-08 12:28 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-18 3:17 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-18 6:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 5:46 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-21 5:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 14:31 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-21 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 14:56 ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-21 15:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 15:41 ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-22 22:02 ` Richard Stallman
2023-05-23 14:11 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-25 22:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-05-26 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-31 3:23 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-31 12:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-01 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-01 6:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-03 6:10 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-05-03 17:29 ` Juri Linkov
2023-04-17 7:11 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
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