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Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why? |
Date: |
Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:59:42 -0400 |
> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:23:37 +0200
>
> > Regarding `left-char' and `right-char', the doc string says:
> >
> > Depending on the bidirectional context, this may move either
> > backward or forward in the buffer.
> >
> > Believe it or not, but I tried to make it more precise for a long
> > time, and this is the best I could come up with.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but may it not also _jump_ backward or forward
> in the buffer?
You are not wrong, it certainly jumps on the L2R/R2L boundaries. That
is why the doc string carefully avoids saying "move one character", it
just says "move", which I thought should include jumps. Do you think
many people will interpret "move" as meaning just one glyph position
on the screen?
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, (continued)
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/07
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, PJ Weisberg, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, PJ Weisberg, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Kenichi Handa, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/03
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Kenichi Handa, 2011/06/05
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/05
Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, David Kastrup, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?,
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