# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1078421063 0 # Node ID 3fd0ea9feede496d297bf549766a13885554cb54 # Parent 7232ffdd33ddcd7ef5f8d8be0654482ac997d4df (Expressions): Doc C-M-SPC as alias for C-M-@. diff -r 7232ffdd33dd -r 3fd0ea9feede man/programs.texi --- a/man/programs.texi Thu Mar 04 17:23:24 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/programs.texi Thu Mar 04 17:24:23 2004 +0000 @@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ @item C-M-t Transpose expressions (@code{transpose-sexps}). @item C-M-@@ +@itemx C-M-@key{SPC} Put mark after following expression (@code{mark-sexp}). @end table @@ -701,12 +702,14 @@ at or after point and the mark. @kindex C-M-@@ +@kindex C-M-@key{SPC} @findex mark-sexp To set the region around the next balanced expression in the buffer, use @kbd{C-M-@@} (@code{mark-sexp}), which sets mark at the same place that @kbd{C-M-f} would move to. @kbd{C-M-@@} takes arguments like @kbd{C-M-f}. In particular, a negative argument is useful for putting the mark at the beginning of the previous balanced expression. +The alias @kbd{C-M-@key{SPC}} is equivalent to @kbd{C-M-@@}. In languages that use infix operators, such as C, it is not possible to recognize all balanced expressions as such because there can be