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proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#62892: proposal to extend mark-sexp to go forward and backward on command
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 09:52:19 +0300

> Cc: Ruijie Yu <ruijie <at> netyu.xyz>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
>  "62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <62892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> From: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 23:17:01 -0400
> 
> Is there anything I can do to make this patch easier to evaluate? As far as I'm aware, I've addressed
> all comments that have been made in this thread.

My POV is still as it was before: I'm not sure we should add these new
commands, since the existing commands already provide this
functionality, if you use "C-x C-x" to switch the direction.

I've seen nothing in the discussion which made me change my mind.  Did
I overlook some convincing arguments?

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