GNU bug report logs - #4019
command to move point to #else (or #elif) in c-mode

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Message #10 received at 4019 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 4019 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#4019: command to move point to #else (or #elif) in c-mode
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 19:53:34 -0700

Hi Alan,

Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu> writes:

> When looking at code with a lot of preprocessor conditionals, a lot of
> times it is very useful when the point is at an #if to move it the
> corresponding #else (or #elif) to check what is happening on the other
> branch of the #if.  C-c C-p and C-c C-n are not very useful when you
> have to deal with a lot of nested and not nested #if #else.

This wishlist request was reported in 2009, but never got a reply.

It seems to me that such a command would be useful but is still missing.

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