Stephen J. Turnbull writes: It turns out that in CC Mode's C mode, the function bound to C-M-h is `c-mark-function', which knows about structs and macros, too. So I fixed up the description of `mark-defun', using CC Mode as an example of the kinds of additional processing (beyond marking a sexp starting in column 1) modes might do for the "mark defun" functionality. # HG changeset patch # Parent 44b0b4ea5cae688779874a40c659eaef1940567c Improve description of `mark-defun'. diff -r 44b0b4ea5cae man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Fri Dec 28 17:23:25 2012 +0900 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Fri Dec 28 23:11:32 2012 +0900 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,8 ＠＠ +2012-12-28 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * xemacs/programs.texi (Defuns): Improve description of `mark-defun'. + Thanks to Steven Mitchell for the suggestion. + 2012-12-28 Byrel Mitchell <byrel.mitchell(a)gmail.com&gt; * lispref/menus.texi (Menu Format): diff -r 44b0b4ea5cae man/xemacs/programs.texi --- a/man/xemacs/programs.texi Fri Dec 28 17:23:25 2012 +0900 +++ b/man/xemacs/programs.texi Fri Dec 28 23:11:32 2012 +0900 ＠＠ -297,13 +297,18 ＠＠ The commands to move to the beginning and end of the current defun are ＠kbd{C-M-a} (＠code{beginning-of-defun}) and ＠kbd{C-M-e} (＠code{end-of-defun}). - To operate on the current defun, use ＠kbd{C-M-h} (＠code{mark-defun}) + To operate on the current defun, use ＠kbd{C-M-h} (＠code{mark-defun}) which puts point at the beginning and the mark at the end of the current or next defun. This is the easiest way to prepare for moving the defun -to a different place. In C mode, ＠kbd{C-M-h} runs the function -＠code{mark-c-function}, which is almost the same as ＠code{mark-defun}, -but which backs up over the argument declarations, function name, and -returned data type so that the entire C function is inside the region. +to a different place. In Lisp modes, a ``defun'' is merely any sexp +starting in column 1. In other modes, a defun is a syntactic unit +defining an entity, and these modes often bind ＠kbd{C-M-h} to a +different function. For example, in CC Mode's C mode, ＠kbd{C-M-h} runs +the function ＠code{c-mark-function}, which is almost the same as +＠code{mark-defun}, but which backs up over the argument declarations, +function name, and returned data type so that the entire C function is +inside the region. It also knows about struct definitions, macro +definitions, and many other constructs. ＠findex compile-defun To compile and evaluate the current defun, use ＠kbd{M-x compile-defun}. _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches