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Re: beginning-of-defun / end-of-defun mark set message
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: beginning-of-defun / end-of-defun mark set message |
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Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:54:34 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.7381.1345604968.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
drain <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:
> What's the point in leaving the second arg to push-mark nil (i.e., NOMSG)?
>
> I ended up disabling it (push-mark () t) in mods of these two functions, but
> before I embrace the change, I'd like to know the thinking behind leaving
> the message in, in the case of these two functions. It makes sense
> elsewhere, particularly when the user is calling push-mark directly
> (C-space), and it's not embedded into a larger function body.
In general, commands that set the mark should display a message,
especially if this isn't the command's primary purpose. It's the same
reason that beginning/end-of-buffer display the message.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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