Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] Re: 2005-05-02; environment insertion on active region unpractical

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * David Kastrup (2005-05-04) writes:
>
>> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:
>
> From the headers of my previous message:
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> Boy, that's awful.  More than a day ...
>
>> I don't insist on that, but at least C-x C-x should jump between
>> start and end of environment after insertion of an environment
>> around the active region.  If point is at the end of the
>> environment, putting the mark right at the end of the \begin{...}
>> line would help facilitating adding environment arguments.
>> Although we don't have a similar help available when doing a
>> "normal" C-c C-e, which should not, I think, change the mark or
>> mark stack.
>
> Thinking about this, I think your last suggestion -- leaving mark
> and mark ring alone -- is the only sensible thing to do.

Not when we are placing an environment around an active region.

> I don't think anyone will expect the mark being placed at the start
> of the environment after inserting it.  As a user I would rather
> expect it to be where I left it, i.e. either at the start or the end
> of the originally marked region, depending on it being marked from
> bottom to top or the other way round.

I can't see that.  If I mark a region actively and do C-c C-e, then I
expect the resulting region to be around the environment.  And that
means that if we move point to either beginning or end of the inserted
area, mark should end up at the opposite side.  Letting the mark stay
where it is within the resulting environment would only be appropriate
if we let at the same time point stay where it is.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum