From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21072: 24.5; inconsistent behaviour of `C-M-h (mark-defun)' in Emacs Lisp Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 07:32:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <84f0c05e-12cc-471a-972b-c67a1c7ba0cd@default> References: <55A74B3C.8030608@gmail.com> <87k2jm2bay.fsf@amu.edu.pl> <83r3dln1ez.fsf@gnu.org> <87y47tzn0v.fsf@mbork.pl> <83lh3tmyzv.fsf@gnu.org> <87twihzhni.fsf@mbork.pl> <83fuu1mu25.fsf@gnu.org> <87eg9jynn0.fsf@mbork.pl> <83h9edkhjs.fsf@gnu.org> <874mabe5h6.fsf@mbork.pl> <83twibfil2.fsf@gnu.org> <87y47mcywp.fsf@mbork.pl> <87bmyrvzh1.fsf@mbork.pl> <878ttux198.fsf@mbork.pl> <366cfd22-c35c-4980-bc81-7f6df6c180a0@default> <87wpgtjat0.fsf@mbork.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1477665345 20829 195.159.176.226 (28 Oct 2016 14:35:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:35:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rfflrccrd@gmail.com, 21072@debbugs.gnu.org To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 28 16:35:40 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c08FV-0001nS-Qe for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:32:56 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u9SEWs7f025671 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:32:54 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u9SEWpD3017587; Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:32:53 GMT In-Reply-To: <87wpgtjat0.fsf@mbork.pl> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125093 Archived-At: > > 5. `M-- C-M-h' and `C-M-h' always seem to select blank lines > > before the defun. Should they (what for)? >=20 > I'm pretty sure that they should select blank lines either before or > after the defun. I just chose the "before" way. Yes, that is consistent with, say `mark-paragraph'. > > 6. Interactively, I would rather see repeated use of `C-M-h', > > after an initial use of `C-M-h' with a negative prefix arg > > (e.g. `M-- C-M-h'), continue to select defuns backward. IOW, > > not need to use `M--' explicitly for each `C-M-h'. > > > > You can just hold down `C-M-h', to select multiple defuns > > forward. I would like to be able to do the same thing, but > > backward, by using `M-- C-M-h C-M-h C-M-h C-M-h...' (just > > hold down the chord). > > > > If you do that, then a negative prefix arg should not mean > > backward; it should just mean change direction (backward if > > previous command was not `mark-defun'). >=20 > That's interesting. I'd like to implement it, but this will take > time (apart from other things, I have a 10-days-old son now:-).) Thanks for considering it. And congratulations on young Borkowski!