From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dieter Wilhelm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Marking commands moving mark instead of point, was: Interactive mark-paragraph doesn't follow mark Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:56:50 +0100 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: <877ixsvowt.fsf_-_@hans.local.net> References: <87fychi354.fsf@hans.local.net> <82FD61DC-DFF5-4643-8B15-294145EFF25E@Web.DE> <87fychuf02.fsf@hans.local.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163858252 18089 80.91.229.2 (18 Nov 2006 13:57:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 18 14:57:30 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlQh8-0008O2-DG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:57:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlQh7-00061D-96 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:57:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GlQgm-0005wt-Ci for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:57:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GlQgj-0005sQ-Jf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:56:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GlQgj-0005rc-6c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:56:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.186] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GlQgi-0002Ym-VI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:56:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [84.167.43.42] (helo=duenenhof-wilhelm.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML21M-1GlQgh2pN7-0005Sp; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:56:55 +0100 Original-Received: by duenenhof-wilhelm.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6DF0E75640; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:56:51 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Peter Dyballa In-Reply-To: <87fychuf02.fsf@hans.local.net> (Dieter Wilhelm's message of "Sat\, 18 Nov 2006 13\:16\:13 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:d7ab225b98a136e1c2910381f940ecb9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38800 Archived-At: Dieter Wilhelm writes: > Peter Dyballa writes: > >> Am 18.11.2006 um 09:13 schrieb Dieter Wilhelm: >> >>> is there a way (a user variable or something) that when C-h applied >>> repeatedly Emacs scrolls with the mark when the region becomes taller >>> than the display? >> >> For me C-h C-h (at least one repeated C-h) opens a new buffer and >> explains Emacs help =E2=80=93 this is different in your GNU Emacs? > > I'm sorry, I meant M-h. > Well, I think the problem is that the mark commands like M-h, C-x C-p etc. do not move the point. When M-h and others would move the point instead of the mark, then the display would follow the advancing selection. Moving the point would also have the advantage that the region could be extended additionally with movement commands not only with subsequent marking commands. I have the feeling that setting a new mark with the marking commands is in general only a side effect. Am I missing something important? --=20 Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Darmstadt, Germany