Regardless of the decision on which way the behavior should go, it is a documentation bug either way. (E.g. beginning-of-buffer is missed entirely). Probably my fault (from a loooong time ago.)
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 8:53 AM Leonid Bobrov <mazoc...@disroot.org> wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 01:36:41PM +0200, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote: > > On Wed, May 22 2019, Leonid Bobrov <mazoc...@disroot.org> wrote: > > > It seems that nobody cares about compatibility with GNU Emacs. Besides > > > this behaviour is annoying because when I set a mark, scroll a buffer, > > > and decide to go to the end of buffer that overwrites my mark and I > have > > > to start over. Also besides that you have to figure out this behavior > > > because manpage just says: > > > ``` > > > M-< beginning-of-buffer > > > M-> end-of-buffer > > > ``` > > > Should we consider this documentation bug and patch a manpage? > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 04:46:21PM +0200, Leonid Bobrov wrote: > > >> Ping. > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 11:29:47PM +0200, Leonid Bobrov wrote: > > >> > Hi! > > >> > > > >> > Going to end and begging of buffer doesn't set marks in Emacs. > > > > This doesn't match my understanding of marks in emacs, nor what emacs > > C-h k says: > > > > --8<-- > > M-< runs the command beginning-of-buffer (found in global-map), which is > > an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘simple.el’. > > > > It is bound to ., b, <menu-bar> <Info> <Beginning>, <begin>, <C-home>, > > M-<, <menu-bar> <edit> <goto> <beg-of-buf>. > > > > (beginning-of-buffer &optional ARG) > > > > This function is for interactive use only; > > in Lisp code use `(goto-char (point-min))' instead. > > > > Move point to the beginning of the buffer. > > With numeric arg N, put point N/10 of the way from the beginning. > > If the buffer is narrowed, this command uses the beginning of the > > accessible part of the buffer. > > > > Push mark at previous position, unless either a C-u prefix > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > is supplied, or Transient Mark mode is enabled and the mark is active. > > -->8-- > > > > So if you're pushing for a change here we'd need a better explanation. > > > > -- > > jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 > E7EE > > > > Oh, I haven't noticed that behavior in Emacs before. So, if I haven't > pushed a mark before, then Emacs will automatically push it (while mg > pushes it in all cases). > > Also that C-u prefix part is not true (I made a check, also thank you > for new knowledge), in Emacs it pushes a mark if I haven't pushed it > myself. > > In Emacs Transient Mark mode is on by default, but mg doesn't have this > mode. Also mg doesn't have that N/10 behavior when giving it a numeric > arg. > > In order to be compatible with GNU Emacs, I have to implement Transient > Mark mode, make it on by default, while in this mode using M-< and M-> > shouldn't push mark if it's active and I have to implement N/10 behavior > when giving a numeric arg to M-< and M->, is everything correct? > >
