emacs-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:13:05 +0300

> Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:09:31 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:40:37 -0700
> > 
> > I'm curious. Why is it a good idea that `C-b' and `left' are no longer 
> > bound to
> > the same command?
> 
> Because `left' and `right' behave differently depending on the
> bidirectional context, whereas C-f and C-b are independent of it.

And another reason: if `left' sometimes moves _forward_ in the buffer,
binding it to a command called `backward-char' is a lie.



reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]