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Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:17:05 -0400 |
i want fields respected for motion within a line - specifically, when
moving from the right of the boundary towards the boundary - without
sacrificing retention of the column when moving between lines. that's
the level of control that line-move-ignore-fields provides.
That is clear enough.
So, can we find specific cases where some other incompatible behavior
is positively desirable? It would be useful for people to look
for the other facilities that use fields, to see what cases there are
where we would not want this behavior.
Miles found one:
The current interaction between line-movement and fields is intentional,
so that "column" preservation does not cause, for instance, the cursor
to move into the prompt in the minibuffer when you're editing a multline
minibuffer entry.
In that case, we don't want point to move vertically upward into the field
at the start of the line.
However, the current behavior in that case is not good.
When I use M-: to make a minibuffer, and then enter
This is a test
of multiple lines
I find that C-p from the second line always puts point right after the
prompt, regardless of where point was in the second line.
I think the behavior we want in the minibuffer is that point should
move vertically up _unless_ that would leave it inside the prompt,
in which case it goes to the end of the prompt.
Ken, would that behavior be good for allout?
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Miles Bader, 2006/09/01
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/01
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/04
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Richard Stallman, 2006/09/04
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/04
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Richard Stallman, 2006/09/06
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/06
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Richard Stallman, 2006/09/07
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/07
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/23
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Richard Stallman, 2006/09/24
- Re: need option so line-move-to-column ignores fields, plus patch, Ken Manheimer, 2006/09/24