GNU bug report logs - #52417
Mark ring navigation could be two-way

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Message #29 received at 52417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 52417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#52417: Mark ring navigation could be two-way
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:44:52 +0200

>> Emacs could have this too by providing a command which allows
>> moving forward in the mark ring.
>
> FWIW, we've recently added xref-go-forward, bound to 'C-M-,', which pairs
> with xref-go-back (which was renamed at the same time), bound to 'M-,'.
>
> A fair number of commands both push to mark ring and call
> xref-push-marker-stack, so you might find this useful.

Another idea: add a command that will display a *xref* buffer
with lines of locations extracted from the global-mark-ring.
This will allow visiting mark locations from the mark list.
Maybe this can be implemented by just adding a new xref backend?

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