GNU bug report logs - #73404
30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not behave as expected in tree-sitter modes

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Message #250 received at 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: mickey <at> masteringemacs.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>, casouri <at> gmail.com,
 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73404: 30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not
 behave as expected in tree-sitter modes
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:19:08 -0500

> I had an idea to keep the currently navigated level in an
> internal variable, so `C-M-n C-M-p` will always return back.
> But this doesn't look reliable.

Not only it's not reliable, but it's not necessarily the behavior
we want.  After all, if you want to go back, you can say so explicitly
by remembering the original position jumping back to it instead of hoping
 against all evidence that the navigation operations are mutual inverses.


        Stefan

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