Didier Verna writes:
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
> Huh?? You mean M-< and M->? C-< and C-> are commands explicitly used
> for changing the mark, and they work well.
Yes, sorry. That's what I meant.
> > I'd like this behavior to go away unless there's a very good reason
> > (that I missed) to have it.
>
> Well... {beginning,end}-of-buffer could check if the region was
> already active, and not push the mark in that case, but I'd like to
> make damn sure that we don't break anything by that change. M-< and
> M-> have pushed the mark for ages.
Yup. I could provide a patch and let people try it for some
time. Also, if somebody sees something that could get broken, let he speak.
I don't think this needs to be changed. There sure haven't been
many (any?) other complaints about it, and the existing behavior
is logical.