GNU bug report logs - #62892
proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
Cc: zkanfer <at> gmail.com, juri <at> linkov.net, ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#62892: proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command
Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 18:11:57 +0300

> From: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Stefan Monnier
>  <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  ruijie <at> netyu.xyz,  juri <at> linkov.net,  Zachary
>  Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>,  62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  drew.adams <at> oracle.com
> Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 17:56:54 +0300
> 
> I'm not sure if that's the preferred behavior, but I do think that
> consistently between the different marking commands is a good thing.

Why do you think there should be consistency here?  These are
different commands which target different use-cases.

Did you read the doc string of C-M-SPC?  It does something
extra-special when transient-mark-mode is enabled and the region is
active.

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