GNU bug report logs - #65876
29.1.50; comint-*-prompt and sgml-skip-tag-* lack shift-selection marker in interactive spec

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu <at> vodafonemail.de>
Cc: 65876 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65876: 29.1.50; comint-*-prompt and sgml-skip-tag-* lack shift-selection marker in interactive spec
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:11:45 +0300

> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:26:20 +0200
> From:  Jens Schmidt via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Not sure whether this is eligible for Emacs 29, and whether this is
> an oversight or intention.
> 
> The functions
> 
>   comint-next-prompt
>   comint-previous-prompt
>   sgml-skip-tag-forward
>   sgml-skip-tag-backward
> 
> all lack/could need a leading "^" (circumflex) in their interactive
> specification to mark them so that they can be used with shift
> translation.

Agreed.

> If I should provide patch(es) for that, please let me know on what
> version.

This should be for master (Emacs 30), since it's an enhancement.
Thanks in advance.

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