Hello,
Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> writes:
> in my usage, the current distinction between org-mark-ring and
> mark-ring does not disturb me at all. i agree that it would be good
> to be able to use global-mark-ring as a substitute for both
> global-mark-ring and org-mark-ring, but ONLY if it takes me to the
> exact location just like org-mark-ring does.
>
> i use mark-ring extensively. this is when i mark manually, or in
> cases like isearch or bob. it is intuitive and i never have to think
> about the distinction from org-mark-ring. i agree that some users
> would expect the mark to be set also. which i think is a good idea,
> for both global and local mark rings. but ONLY if the global one goes
> to the exact spot.
I do not discuss your needs. My concern is about common use of the mark
ring. A dedicated mark ring for Org buffers sounds overkill.
Note that, in order to get back old behaviour once `org-mark-ring' is an
alias for `push-mark', you could do the following (untested, but you get
the idea):
(setq my-org-places (make-ring 16))
(setq my--org-places-count 0)
(defun my-push-org-location (&optional location &rest _)
(when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
(ring-insert my-org-places (copy-marker (or location (point))))))
(advice-add 'push-mark :before #'my-push-org-location)
(defun my-jump-org-location ()
(interactive)
(when (ring-empty-p my-org-places)
(error "No Org location stored"))
(if (eq last-command 'my-jump-org-location)
(cl-incf my--org-places-count)
(setq my--org-places-count 0))
(let* ((m (ring-ref my-org-places))
(buffer (marker-buffer m))
(positon (marker-position m)))
(set-buffer buffer)
(or (and (>= position (point-min))
(<= position (point-max)))
(if widen-automatically (widen)
(error "Org location is outside accessible part of buffer")))
(goto-char position)
(switch-to-buffer buffer)))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c &") #'my-jump-org-location)
> i do not use global-mark-ring. this is because [1] nonergo binding
> [fixable] [2] i haven't made prev and next for it [fixable] [3] it
> makes ZERO sense to me why it behaves so strangely.
>
> i expect global-mark-ring to take me to the exact spot. period. when
> it doesn't, i get so confused that i just stop using it. i don't
> understand why anybody finds it intuitive. do a lot of people use it?
> unlike the local mark ring, i have never seen actual use of it
> mentioned in the community. perhaps its users have tiny files.
You could file an Emacs bug report about it.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
