On 04/27/2015 01:03 PM, Glenn Morris wrote: > Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Indeed, with the new implementation of subword-mode, most of the >> word-operating commands should be marked as "interactive use only", >> since their behavior is too unreliable for use in Lisp code. > > Sounds to me like it will be a PITA to review/replace every > non-interactive usage of those commands. > > Are people certain they want to go down this road? I am. It's the only way we can make sure that interactive commands that move by words *indirectly* do the right thing in the presence of user customizations. > (At time of writing, I don't see any mention of forward-word etc no > longer being safe in NEWS.) ERC is the only component I've heard of breaking. I don't think forward-word has *ever* been "safe" in the sense that you're suggesting. Modes almost always *actually* want sexp movement.