GNU bug report logs - #17555
24.4.50; 'mark-paragraph' does not allow extending the region backwards

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 20:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.4.50;
 'mark-paragraph' does not allow extending the region backwards
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 22:23:12 +0200

After reading (info "(emacs) Marking Objects") and doing some tests, I
wonder why 'mark-paragraph' does not behave like 'mark-word' and
'mark-sexp' when the mark is located before point.  In that situation
'mark-word' and 'mark-sexp' move the mark backwards to select an
earlier element (which I think is TRT), but 'mark-paragraph' moves the
mark forward instead (like when the mark is after point).

Could this inconsistency be fixed?

TIA

In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8)
 of 2014-05-05 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11501000
System Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


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Dani Moncayo
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