Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?

[T. V. Raman]

I think line-move-visual should start off set consistent with
visual-line-mode. I also think it should be renamed to match with
visual-line-mode -- ie visual-line-move -- not line-move-visual
--- otherwise users will never be able to discover and set it.

>>>>> "Chong" == Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
    Chong> "T. V. Raman" <address@hidden> writes:
    >> As reported a few minutes ago, turning off
    >> visual-line-mode has no effect. The apparent reason being:
    >> line-move-visual remains set to T and that is what the
    >> code in functions next-line and previous-line refers to.
    Chong> 
    Chong> Now, line-move-visual is a defcustom.  The question
    Chong> is, whether it should default to nil or t (even when
    Chong> visual-line-mode is off).  The current default is t,
    Chong> which is a kind of hybrid model where line-move uses
    Chong> screen lines but other editing commands use logical
    Chong> lines.
    Chong> 
    Chong> Like Stefan and others, I've found that this setting
    Chong> works pretty well in practice, for buffers in which
    Chong> there are occasional continued lines.  (When the
    Chong> buffer is full of long lines, turning on
    Chong> visual-line-mode is more appropriate.)
    Chong> 
    Chong> It's true, though, that this behavior could be
    Chong> confusing, especially for longtime users of Emacs.  So
    Chong> maybe we ought to make line-move-visual default to
    Chong> nil, as before, and leave it to advanced users to
    Chong> change it to t for their own usage.
    Chong> 
    Chong> What's the opinion of others on this list?
    Chong> 

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--raman

      
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