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Improve description of `mark-defun'.
| author | Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> |
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| date | Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:11:32 +0900 |
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| 295 @findex end-of-defun | 295 @findex end-of-defun |
| 296 @findex mark-defun | 296 @findex mark-defun |
| 297 The commands to move to the beginning and end of the current defun are | 297 The commands to move to the beginning and end of the current defun are |
| 298 @kbd{C-M-a} (@code{beginning-of-defun}) and @kbd{C-M-e} (@code{end-of-defun}). | 298 @kbd{C-M-a} (@code{beginning-of-defun}) and @kbd{C-M-e} (@code{end-of-defun}). |
| 299 | 299 |
| 300 To operate on the current defun, use @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{mark-defun}) | 300 To operate on the current defun, use @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{mark-defun}) |
| 301 which puts point at the beginning and the mark at the end of the current | 301 which puts point at the beginning and the mark at the end of the current |
| 302 or next defun. This is the easiest way to prepare for moving the defun | 302 or next defun. This is the easiest way to prepare for moving the defun |
| 303 to a different place. In C mode, @kbd{C-M-h} runs the function | 303 to a different place. In Lisp modes, a ``defun'' is merely any sexp |
| 304 @code{mark-c-function}, which is almost the same as @code{mark-defun}, | 304 starting in column 1. In other modes, a defun is a syntactic unit |
| 305 but which backs up over the argument declarations, function name, and | 305 defining an entity, and these modes often bind @kbd{C-M-h} to a |
| 306 returned data type so that the entire C function is inside the region. | 306 different function. For example, in CC Mode's C mode, @kbd{C-M-h} runs |
| 307 the function @code{c-mark-function}, which is almost the same as | |
| 308 @code{mark-defun}, but which backs up over the argument declarations, | |
| 309 function name, and returned data type so that the entire C function is | |
| 310 inside the region. It also knows about struct definitions, macro | |
| 311 definitions, and many other constructs. | |
| 307 | 312 |
| 308 @findex compile-defun | 313 @findex compile-defun |
| 309 To compile and evaluate the current defun, use @kbd{M-x compile-defun}. | 314 To compile and evaluate the current defun, use @kbd{M-x compile-defun}. |
| 310 This function prints the results in the minibuffer. If you include an | 315 This function prints the results in the minibuffer. If you include an |
| 311 argument, it inserts the value in the current buffer after the defun. | 316 argument, it inserts the value in the current buffer after the defun. |