* Why does C-M-o `split-line' leave trailing space on the old line?
@ 2023-11-17 17:40 Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-17 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2023-11-17 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
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, and do we
really want it?
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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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
@ 2023-11-17 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-17 18:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2023-11-17 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Mackenzie; +Cc: emacs-devel
> 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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* Re: Why does C-M-o `split-line' leave trailing space on the old line?
2023-11-17 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2023-11-17 18:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2023-11-17 18:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel
Hello, Eli.
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 20:38:02 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 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.
Ah, is that it? It seems strange indeed to have a command which does two
disjoint things (first move point then split the line) rather than just
splitting the line at point.
I typically don't want to type further on the old line after C-M-o. If I
did, I would expect to type the space myself, or alternatively first move
point to after the space before typing C-M-o.
Maybe I should make my own private version of split-line.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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