From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: line-move-visual never set to nil? Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:34:27 +0900 Message-ID: <8763ql7hmk.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <18571.25125.311010.324079@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87od4k1nj5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <1F7E32D0-7C19-4950-94DB-F6CD33A56EB0@gmail.com> <6161f3180807290043l2b0cc1as85a338204687f183@mail.gmail.com> <87y73kbvz3.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4891F546.2080505@gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217547284 9188 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2008 23:34:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:34:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, david.reitter@gmail.com, Chong Yidong , andrew.w.nosenko@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, raman@users.sourceforge.net To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 01 01:35:33 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KOhgC-0008HD-51 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:35:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33663 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOhfH-0000QL-86 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:34:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOhf8-0000KA-Fa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOhf6-0000HS-Mr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45618 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOhf6-0000HA-E3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:57279) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KOhev-0004EA-WA; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:34:14 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.45.67.127.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.45.67.127] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1KOheo-0005MQ-DL; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:34:06 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A845BDFB3; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:34:27 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <4891F546.2080505@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:24:22 +0200") Original-Lines: 19 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101832 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: >> If a command normally moves by screen lines, making it do something >> different in a keyboard macro is incorrect. > > Wouldn't it be more correct to say that the requirement is that during > execution of the macro the command should do the same thing to the > buffer as during recording of the macro? > > This mean that if for example the command changes point then this change > must be independent of the window size. Macros do not -- and cannot -- make any guarantees about what happens if you execute them in a different environment, or on different text, than where they were recorded. -Miles -- Once, adj. Enough.