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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>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 43489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:49:56 +0300

On 21.09.2020 20:12, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
>> "We don't move point because of XXX" might be useful info, might it not?
> So one might think, but there's an opportunity cost. If the user understands what's going on (from context, behaviour etc) without a textual message, then that message is of negative value. In other words, the user would be better off without it.

Could be.

Although if we managed to come up with more reasonable messages, and 
keep the buffer position numbers in them, the result might be both 
friendlier and more helpful.

Though admittedly most of the benefit will come in, again, debugging 
situations.

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