Re: FW: commands to select things of different kinds

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Not really; haven't thought much about it. As I said, 
>> I've been using
>> `C-M-SPC' for `mark-thing' (stealing from `mark-sexp') 
>> and `M-@' for
>> `cycle-thing-region' (stealing from `mark-word').
>> 
>> Those might be a good replacement, because I would expect people don't
>> use those two bindings very much.  But we have to ask people first.

I use C-M-SPC *very* often, typically just before C-y (together with
a variant of delete-selection-mode).
That doesn't mean it can't be changed, but its current functionality
should still be at least somewhat preserved.


        Stefan