Re: C-n and C-a

[Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>> The new definitions of C-n and C-p seem to work reasonably
>> conveniently with the very long lines that non-Emacs-users often
>> write.  However, it is very counterintuitive that C-a and C-e have not
>> been changed in the same way.  They keep surprising me, and I have to
>> work hard to remember not to use them to do the natural thing.
>
>> I think they too should be changed to operate on screen lines;
>> that's a necessary part of the change that was already made.
>
> How about C-k?

I would strongly vote for not changing it:

Most over-long lines I encounter are made of content which really
belongs logical together (generated code, log messages ...)

I expect C-k to kill a logical line and doing otherwise would keep the
risk of leaving artifacts.

cheers
sascha
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Sascha Wilde
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