Re: Native line numbers, final testing

[Richard Copley]

On 4 July 2017 at 19:24, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Alex <address@hidden>
>> Cc: Richard Copley <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  
>> address@hidden
>> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:50:44 -0600
>>
>> Here's an attempt at a relevant macro:
>>
>> C-n C-d 1
>> C-p DEL 0
>> C-b
>>
>> This replaces the character at point to 0, and the one below it to 1.
>>
>> Now go into xdisp.c and set display-line-numbers to t:
>>
>> M-g c 2960
>> C-17 C-n
>> C-x e
>>
>> Notice that it's the previous columns that are changed, and not the
>> current column.
>
> Isn't that the same issue we were discussing lately, with C-n keeping
> the horizontal coordinate?

Yes, it seems to be. I think Alex's recipe does support my opinion
that this behaviour (unpredictable column position after vertical motion)
is, to a degree, in some respects, undesirable. (The keyboard macro
I suggested completely failed to support my point.)

It's just my opinion. (It was a response to your request for opinions.)