bug#21072: 24.5; inconsistent behaviour of `C-M-h (mark-defun)' in Emacs Lisp

[Drew Adams]

> > 5. `M-- C-M-h' and `C-M-h' always seem to select blank lines
> >    before the defun.  Should they (what for)?
> 
> I'm pretty sure that they should select blank lines either before or
> after the defun.  I just chose the "before" way.

Yes, that is consistent with, say `mark-paragraph'.

> > 6. Interactively, I would rather see repeated use of `C-M-h',
> >    after an initial use of `C-M-h' with a negative prefix arg
> >    (e.g. `M-- C-M-h'), continue to select defuns backward.  IOW,
> >    not need to use `M--' explicitly for each `C-M-h'.
> >
> >    You can just hold down `C-M-h', to select multiple defuns
> >    forward.  I would like to be able to do the same thing, but
> >    backward, by using `M-- C-M-h C-M-h C-M-h C-M-h...' (just
> >    hold down the chord).
> >
> >    If you do that, then a negative prefix arg should not mean
> >    backward; it should just mean change direction (backward if
> >    previous command was not `mark-defun').
> 
> That's interesting.  I'd like to implement it, but this will take
> time (apart from other things, I have a 10-days-old son now:-).)

Thanks for considering it.  And congratulations on young Borkowski!