From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 25181@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25181: 25.1.90; move-beginning-of-line doesn't move point
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:55:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5748b446-549d-98ea-7e26-d8a8870ad30f@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83mvfzbyr0.fsf@gnu.org>
On 13.12.2016 17:05, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, is this reasonable? BOL is a very basic concept. Don't think it
>> should be permitted to be interfered with fields.
> The idea is that a Lisp program would use fields only when the
> produced effect is what the user would expect. You see this every day
> in action when you type "C-x C-f" and then C-a: point stops at the
> beginning of the default directory, without entering the "Find file:"
> prompt. Moving point to BOL in this case would be a nuisance. (You
> can still get to the beginning of line by other means, like C-b.)
>
> That's what fields are all about. If you don't want this effect,
> don't use fields; they are opt-in.
Felt rather having been ad-opted ;) Still think there is a bug - might
be a seldom one.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-13 17:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-12 11:49 bug#25181: 25.1.90; move-beginning-of-line doesn't move point Andreas Röhler
2016-12-12 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-12 19:04 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-12-13 9:25 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-12-13 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-13 17:55 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
2016-12-13 18:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-13 20:10 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-12-13 20:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
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