From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-n and C-a
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:47:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvskmzb6re.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87iqnv2xk5.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:45:02 +0200")
>>> word-wrap-mode
>> But this is a misleading name: the issue is not how lines are wrapped
>> but how motion command behave. So visual-line-mode is a much better
>> name in this respect.
> visual-line-mode is no less misleading - in addition to enabling visual
> motion commands it also enables word wrap mode. And there is no way
> to enable visual motion commands without enabling warping text at
> word boundaries.
> These are two separate features amalgamated into one mode.
> I think we should provide a way to toggle them separately.
I'd tend to agree. I (setq-default word-wrap t) in my .emacs, FWIW.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-31 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-29 14:32 C-n and C-a Richard M Stallman
2009-01-29 15:10 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-01-29 16:09 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2009-01-29 17:15 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-01-29 19:40 ` Adrian Robert
2009-01-30 0:32 ` Juri Linkov
2009-01-30 1:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-01-30 9:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-01-31 17:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-01-31 19:47 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-02-02 1:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-01-31 20:33 ` Chong Yidong
2009-02-02 1:47 ` Juri Linkov
2009-01-30 7:25 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-01-29 18:24 ` Karl Fogel
2009-01-29 18:48 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2009-01-29 21:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-01-30 16:07 ` Sascha Wilde
2009-01-31 20:34 ` Chong Yidong
2009-01-30 0:29 ` Juri Linkov
2009-01-30 6:12 ` mail
2009-01-31 17:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-01-31 22:35 ` Drew Adams
2009-02-01 20:11 ` Leo
2009-02-03 15:11 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-02-02 1:54 ` Juri Linkov
2009-02-02 2:25 ` Drew Adams
2009-02-02 9:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-02-06 0:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-02-06 16:04 ` Chong Yidong
2009-02-08 0:48 ` Juri Linkov
2009-02-08 20:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-09 21:22 ` Christian Schlauer
2009-02-09 22:02 ` Drew Adams
2009-02-10 2:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-10 3:11 ` Drew Adams
2009-02-11 22:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-02-12 2:01 ` Miles Bader
2009-02-12 10:05 ` Juri Linkov
2009-02-12 11:04 ` Miles Bader
2009-02-13 6:33 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-07 1:52 ` Stefan Monnier
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