Re: on adding a function call to a s-exp

[Robert Girault]

João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 3:38 AM, Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 9 June 2018 at 18:05, Robert Girault <rfrancoisgirault@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > In Lisp mode, when I select a region, in whatever way of selecting it,
>> > and press (, it surrounds the region with parentheses, (...|), but it
>>
>> Hmm, that must be some package you have installed, by default ( just
>> inserts a ( at point without wrapping anything.
>>
>> > puts the point where ``|'' is.  I'd like the point to be at (|...) so
>> > I can add a function call to that region without having to move the
>> > point back to the beginning of the region.
>> >
>> > I'm surprised this isn't the default behavior.
>>
>> In emacs -Q M-( does what you want.
>>
>>   M-( runs the command insert-parentheses (found in global-map), which
>>   is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘lisp.el’.
>>
>>   It is bound to M-(.
>>
>>   (insert-parentheses &optional ARG)
>>
>>   Enclose following ARG sexps in parentheses.
>>   Leave point after open-paren.
>>   [...]
>>   If region is active, insert enclosing characters at region boundaries.
>>
>> Additionally, if the "autopairing/autowrapping" package you are using is
> Emacs's built-in M-x electric-pair-mode, it should work exactly as you
> explain: "(" leaves the point after the opener and ")" leaves point after
> the closer (and both wrap the region, obviously).

I do not confirm this.  Try this: emacs -Q

  + 1 2 3 C-a C-space C-e M-(

it will leave the point at where the | character is in ``(+ 1 2 3|)''.
It could a version difference.  I'm running 

  GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.2.9200) of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN

Thanks!