Re: Suggestion: two new commands: beginning-of-list and end-of-list

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> CC: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:10:26 +0000
> 
> >> I think it makes sense to keep backward-up-list as it is, since it handles
> >> literal strings as it does. But the behaviour is controlled via special 
> >> vars
> >> esape-strings and no-syntax-crossing. If we want similar command as
> >> beginning-of-string, we have to wrap it and let-bind those variables to
> >> change how it works.
> >
> >Yes, but is that a problem?
> 
> Everyone who would like to customize it has to write their own.

Why would someone want to customize a command that does its job well?

> >The converse of C-M-u is C-M-d, but it doesn't move to the end of a
> >list, it moves _inside_ one level.
> 
> Down-list? I don't think it is close to the end-of-list.

Try it on a deeply-nested list, and you will see the difference.