Re: C-n and C-a

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> word-wrap-mode
>> But this is a misleading name: the issue is not how lines are wrapped
>> but how motion command behave.  So visual-line-mode is a much better
>> name in this respect.
> visual-line-mode is no less misleading - in addition to enabling visual
> motion commands it also enables word wrap mode.  And there is no way
> to enable visual motion commands without enabling warping text at
> word boundaries.
> These are two separate features amalgamated into one mode.
> I think we should provide a way to toggle them separately.

I'd tend to agree.  I (setq-default word-wrap t) in my .emacs, FWIW.


        Stefan