Re: Unify mark-foo commands

[Kai Großjohann]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     * Doing C-M-SPC multiple times pushes multiple marks on the mark
>       ring.  But maybe the user expects C-M-SPC C-M-SPC to only put one
>       mark on the mark ring, like C-u 2 C-M-SPC would have done?
>
> Definitely it should put only one mark on.

OK.

>     * If mark-page is called with an argument, it doesn't mark more pages.
>       Instead, it marks _other_ pages.  I didn't change that command, as
>
> Good.  That command is not in the same class.  mark-paragraph and
> mark-defun should not be changed either.

No?  I've fallen very much in love with the feature, already.

In fact, maybe it would even be useful for mark-word to extend the
selection from mark-sexp and so on.  I imagine I would like it.
(Only when transient-mark-mode is on.)

kai
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