From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>,
juri@linkov.net, ruijie@netyu.xyz,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
62892@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62892: proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:21:59 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wn2536m8.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83mt314vlk.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:07:03 +0300")
[வெள்ளி ஏப்ரல் 21, 2023] Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 01:04:30 -0400
>> Cc: ruijie@netyu.xyz, 62892@debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
>>
>> It's able to be worked around, yes -- but I think it's easier to have separate methods for forward and
>> backward, the way we do for so many other commands. For one, having separate functions makes it
>> easier to start moving backward, (rather than giving a -1 prefix argument.
>
> Adding functions and commands is not free, it does come with a price:
> they need to be documented in our two manuals (something your patch
> neglected to do, btw), users need to learn them, etc.
>
> So I wonder whether on balance it is justified to add this. Lars,
> Stefan: any comments or opinions?
>
> Does anyone else have an opinion?
In situations like these, I extend the region simply by motion commands
after marking the current sexp. If I want to go in the opposite
direction, I type C-x C-x. I don't see myself ever using these
commands.
This mechanism works for every object that has a mark command, not just
sexp which I consider a plus.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-21 9:51 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 [this message]
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
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