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[PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 43489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:39:47 +0300

On 20.09.2020 20:33, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
> While it would still be an improvement over what Emacs currently does, it is still a statement that we value tradition over usability. Try both!

I think that is certainly the case, as a multitude of discussions on 
emacs-devel has shown.

It's kinda weird that you chose this particular bit of functionality as 
an example, though. There are no counterparts to this in other editors, 
so there's no real usability research, and we don't really know which 
approach is the most usable.

I'd really prefer we examine both and make a considered choice, rather 
than add a user option.

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