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

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Message #29 received at 62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#62892: proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and
 backward on command
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:07:03 +0300

> From: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 01:04:30 -0400
> Cc: ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> 
> It's able to be worked around, yes -- but I think it's easier to have separate methods for forward and
> backward, the way we do for so many other commands. For one, having separate functions makes it
> easier to start moving backward, (rather than giving a -1 prefix argument.

Adding functions and commands is not free, it does come with a price:
they need to be documented in our two manuals (something your patch
neglected to do, btw), users need to learn them, etc.

So I wonder whether on balance it is justified to add this.  Lars,
Stefan: any comments or opinions?

Does anyone else have an opinion?

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