Re: [RFC] Could we get rid of Org specific "mark ring"

[Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>]

Hello,

Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> writes:

> On 1/29/18, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:
>> So, could we simply remove this part of Org and use Emacs facilities,
>> with their standard bindings (C-u C-<SPC> and C-x C-<SPC>) and behaviour
>> instead?
>
> org would have to push to both local and global it seems.

`push-mark' would take care of this. So Org wouldn't need to.

> also this from se could be modified to work for global mark ring --
> every ring in emacs should have both next and prev.  i never
> understood the point of rings in emacs except to save memory.
>
> (defun se-unpop-to-mark-command ()
>   "Unpop off mark ring. Does nothing if mark ring is empty."
>   (interactive)
>   (when mark-ring
>     (setq mark-ring (cons (copy-marker (mark-marker)) mark-ring))
>     (set-marker (mark-marker) (car (last mark-ring)) (current-buffer))
>     (when (null (mark t)) (ding))
>     (setq mark-ring (nbutlast mark-ring))
>     (goto-char (marker-position (car (last mark-ring))))))

You could suggest it to Emacs developers (i.e., file a bug report.)

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou