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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el index 5a89923f8fb..3fda1dd6186 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el @@ -723,11 +723,13 @@ This command assumes point is not in a string or comment." (interactive "P") (insert-pair arg ?\( ?\))) -(defun delete-pair () - "Delete a pair of characters enclosing the sexp that follows point." - (interactive) - (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1) (delete-char -1)) - (delete-char 1)) +(defun delete-pair (&optional arg) + "Delete a pair of characters enclosing ARG sexps following point. +A negative ARG deletes a pair of characters around preceding ARG sexps." + (interactive "p") + (unless arg (setq arg 1)) + (save-excursion (forward-sexp arg) (delete-char (if (> arg 0) -1 1))) + (delete-char (if (> arg 0) 1 -1))) (defun raise-sexp (&optional arg) "Raise ARG sexps higher up the tree." |