[ESS] C-M-e and C-M-a: move to next end/previous beginning?

[Ramon Diaz-Uriarte]

Thanks Vitalie.


R.


On Mon, 05-10-2015, at 16:37, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com> wrote:
> I have opened an issue for this (https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS/issues/251)
>
> Looks like this behavior has been there since ESS inception, but I still think
> we need to comply with the standard behavior across emacs modes.
>
> I personally never noticed this because I am mostly relying on paragraph
> navigation functions.
>
>   Vitalie
>
>>> On Mon, Oct 05 2015 12:54, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote:
>
>> Dear Vitalie,
>
>> On Mon, 05-10-2015, at 11:24, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com> wrote:
>>> There is an explicit check in the code for the point to be inside the
>>> function. So I guess this is a bug which is there by design.
>>>
>>> Fixing it would be very easy, but it would break the paragraph navigation
>>> functionality.
>>>
>>> The reason for the -or-paragraph is that as compared to elisp or C++ R code
>>> commonly contain paragraphs of code which are not defuns, like a series of
>>> one-liners which you want to evaluate as one block. I personally would like that
>>> C-M-a/e should perceive such paragraphs as defuns.
>>>
>>> These commands are meant to be consistent with C-c C-c
>>> (ess-eval-region-or-function-or-paragraph-and-step) and C-M-x
>>> (ess-eval-region-or-function-or-paragraph).
>>>
>
>> Oh, I see. Of course, I actually use C-c C-c and C-M-x a lot and expect
>> that "series of one-liners" to work; I wasn't aware of the
>> relationship. And I also intuitively expect that paragraph behavior to work
>> with C-M-a/e.
>
>> Thanks for the explanation.
>
>>> One fix wold be to detect if two defuns follow one after another and then jump
>>> to previous/next function, otherwise jump to paragraphs in between.
>>>
>
>> I think that is what I'd intuitively expect. But maybe everyone else is
>> happy with the current behavior.
>
>> Best,
>
>> R.
>
>>>  Vitalie
>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 04 2015 21:57, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>>> With C-M-e ( ess-goto-end-of-function-or-para) and C-M-a
>>>> (ess-goto-beginning-of-function-or-para), once you reach the end/beginning
>>>> of a function, further C-M-e/a will not move you to the end/beginning of
>>>> the next/previous function.
>>>
>>>> Is it possible to somehow achieve this? Or the "otherwise go to the end of
>>>> paragraph" that C-M-e does precludes it?
>>>
>>>> Why do I want to do this? Yes, the ESS manual explicitly says "Don’t forget
>>>> the usual Emacs commands for moving over balanced expressions and
>>>> parentheses", so combining C-M-e with, say, C-M-n will do what I want, but
>>>> I'd rather just keep hitting "e" than alternating C-M-e and C-M-n. And I
>>>> also keep tripping on this as, for instance, C-M-e and C-M-a in C++ code
>>>> (c-end/beginning-of-defun) or elisp code (end/beginning-of-defun) keep
>>>> moving you to subsequent/previous ends/beginnings. 
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>> R.

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Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
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