Re: Should we move 20.x related stuff out of NEWS ?

[Kim F. Storm]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

> Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
> > C-M-u (in programming modes) doesn't set the mark, and this is (for me at
> > any rate) correct.  I don't want my mark stack flooded out with
> > uninteresting places, typically 20 or 10 or fewer lines apart. 
> >
> > On the other hand, I've often wondered whether C-M-a ought to set the
> > mark.  I often do a C-u C-<space> first.  Maybe I should try advising
> > C-M-[ae] to set the mark.
> 
> Setting the mark by C-M-a is very useful when the user uses it to jump
> to the function's beginning to see its arguments and wants to return
> back to the original place.  However, the mark shouldn't be set when
> the user uses C-M-a to move the point between defuns.

So it should only set the mark if the previous command was not C-M-a.

> 
> > I don't use Outline mode much (in fact only for reading NEWS).  Is C-c
> > C-u more like C-M-u or more like C-M-a?  Maybe `beginning-of-defun'
> > should jump to the highest level enclosing heading in outline mode, and
> > maybe it should set the mark, too.  It would be trivial to code, since
> > there's a hook already there specially for this purpose
> > (`beginning-of-defun-function').
> 
> The highest level can be reached by giving a sufficiently large
> argument to the `outline-up-heading' function.


C-u C-c C-u ?

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk