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Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?
From: |
T. V. Raman |
Subject: |
Re: line-move-visual never set to nil? |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:38:15 -0700 |
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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- line-move-visual never set to nil?, T. V. Raman, 2008/07/26
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Stefan Monnier, 2008/07/26
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Chong Yidong, 2008/07/26
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?,
T. V. Raman <=
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, David Reitter, 2008/07/27
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Andrew W. Nosenko, 2008/07/29
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Chong Yidong, 2008/07/29
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Lennart Borgman, 2008/07/29
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Stefan Monnier, 2008/07/29
- Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?, Chong Yidong, 2008/07/29