From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why does C-M-o `split-line' leave trailing space on the old line?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:38:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83leawns39.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZVeli1dypBZnpRLI@ACM> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:40:27 +0000)
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:40:27 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> Hello, Emacs.
>
> C-M-o, on something like:
>
> foo bar baz
> ^
> point
>
> will split the line into
>
> foo bar
> baz
>
> , but will leave a trailing space on the first line. This is in
> accordance with its documentation in emacs.info, but this peculiarity
> isn't mentioned in the doc string.
>
> I find this trailing space irritating, as I frequently have to remove it
> by hand. What is the motivation for this trailing space
It lets you keep typing right after that.
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2023-11-17 17:40 Why does C-M-o `split-line' leave trailing space on the old line? Alan Mackenzie
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2023-11-17 18:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
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