Push mark before goto-char in jump-to-register and check-parens

* register.el (jump-to-register):
* emacs-lisp/lisp.el (check-parens):
Push mark before goto-char so user doesn't lose his previous place.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a15295f4b4e..b71b55d8477 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2015-02-18  Kelly Dean  <kelly@prtime.org>
 
+        * register.el (jump-to-register):
+        * emacs-lisp/lisp.el (check-parens):
+        Push mark before goto-char so user doesn't lose his previous place.
+
+2015-02-18  Kelly Dean  <kelly@prtime.org>
+
         * rect.el (rectangle-mark-mode):
         Suppress superfluous "Mark set" message from push-mark.
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
index fb631a73da1..67d14872b3a 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ character."
   (condition-case data
       ;; Buffer can't have more than (point-max) sexps.
       (scan-sexps (point-min) (point-max))
-    (scan-error (goto-char (nth 2 data))
+    (scan-error (push-mark)
+                (goto-char (nth 2 data))
                 ;; Could print (nth 1 data), which is either
                 ;; "Containing expression ends prematurely" or
                 ;; "Unbalanced parentheses", but those may not be so
diff --git a/lisp/register.el b/lisp/register.el
index 053657bd8cb..7afbc06c7fc 100644
--- a/lisp/register.el
+++ b/lisp/register.el
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ Interactively, reads the register using `register-read-with-preview'."
       (or (marker-buffer val)
           (user-error "That register's buffer no longer exists"))
       (switch-to-buffer (marker-buffer val))
+      (unless (or (= (point) (marker-position val))
+                  (eq last-command 'jump-to-register))
+        (push-mark))
       (goto-char val))
      ((and (consp val) (eq (car val) 'file))
       (find-file (cdr val)))