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- From: mcgrant@isl.stanford.edu (Michael C. Grant)
- Subject: Change in point movement behavior
- Message-ID: <MCGRANT.92Jul27153440@isl.stanford.edu>
- Sender: usenet@EE.Stanford.EDU (Usenet)
- Organization: Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University
- Date: 27 Jul 92 15:34:40
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- Suppose I have the following text, and point is -!-:
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- asdljasd as as sa sa as asd asd
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- asdkaa-!-sdadsas asklj;lkfg fds
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- Notice the completely blank line in between... now, in Emacs 18.58, if I
- move up two lines with ^P, I end up with
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- asdlja-!-sd as as sa sa as asd asd
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- asdkaasdadsas asklj;lkfg fds
-
- i.e. the point is now at the same column as before. However, in lemacs 19.2
- the point ends up at the beginning of the line, i.e.
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- -!-asdljasd as as sa sa as asd asd
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- asdkaasdadsas asklj;lkfg fds
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- So, if the goal column is NOT set, then moving up or down through a blank
- line causes the point to 'forget' the column it was on in lemacs, but
- not in emacs 18.58.
-
- I really like the old behavior a lot better than this new behavior, because
- sometimes blank lines separate lines with a certain column structure that
- I would like to navigate easily. (Edit a file with blank lines and see how
- often you have to re-establish your horizontal position.)
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- Goal columns aren't appropriate because they have to be specially changed;
- 18.58 behavior is somewhat like an 'automatic' goal column that is reset
- every time you move left or right.
-
- What do you think? Is this behavior controlled/switchable in lemacs,
- because if it's not I'd sure like it to be. I would prefer not to have
- to redefine an arrow-key function, since it is used so much.
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- Mike
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