Re: could mark-paragraph scroll the window?

[Deniz Dogan]

2011/1/4 Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>:
> On 12/29/10 3:03 PM, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>>
>> Is there any chance that mark-paragraph (which marks consecutive
>> paragraphs when used repeatedly) could scroll the window once the
>> marking extends below the visible area? I find this command very useful,
>> but not being able to see where it's going is very limiting.
>>
>> Could I make a local version that does what I want?
>
> Perhaps something like this:
>
> (defadvice mark-paragraph (after region-end-visible activate)
>  "When called interactively, temporarily display the end of the marked
> region
> if it is not visible in the selected window."
>  (when (and (called-interactively-p 'any)
>             ;; (eq this-command last-command)
>             (not (pos-visible-in-window-p (region-end))))
>    (exchange-point-and-mark)
>    (sit-for 1)
>    (exchange-point-and-mark)))
>

This code works very strangely when I try it.

-- 
Deniz Dogan