From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com>
Cc: 30212@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30212: 26.0.91; [PATCH] push mark before moving point in shell output
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:24:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lgdlh996.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bmhleki3.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Branham's message of "Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:55:32 -0600")
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.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-17 20:24 UTC|newest]
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 [this message]
2018-04-18 6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
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