From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Somehow strange behaviour of `mark-sexp' Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:02:32 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392307527 6154 80.91.229.3 (13 Feb 2014 16:05:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:05:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 13 17:05:34 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WDymu-0002En-7E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:05:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47301 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WDymt-0006w7-M8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:05:19 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!barmar.motzarella.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 48 Injection-Info: barmar.motzarella.org; posting-host="2be9e9f5dd9af768b8861af71b85fc28"; logging-data="19003"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19IzGcA3y2eQCG2TwmbORnN" User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SkDLntQFgR6NwZzx+bfq4/uw69w= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:203784 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96054 Archived-At: In article , Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > Hi List, > > when doing 'C-h v mark-sexp' I see this (excerpt): > > ,----------------------------------------------------------------- > | mark-sexp is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `lisp.el'. > | > | It is bound to C-M-@, C-M-SPC. > `----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Now, moving point to the beginning of C-M-@ and calling ` mark-sexp', > > ,----- > | C-M- > `----- > > is marked. When moving point to the @ at the end of C-M-@ and calling > `mark-sexp', > > ,----------- > | @, C-M-SPC > `----------- > > is marked, which I found a bit counter-intuitive. > > PS 1 > > `forward-sexp' acts like that too > > PS 2 > > I'm working on the console @, is part of backquote syntax, it unquotes the sexp following it. So it thinks @, C-M-SPC is @, unquoting the variable C-M-SPC, and that's a sexp. I'm not sure why you would expect sensible behavior from a command intended for dealing with Lisp code in the *Help* buffer, which is just plain text. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***