Re: usability issue

[Andrew Brehaut <gr1dl0ck@deviantart.com>]

David Kastrup wrote:
> Andrew <gr1dl0ck@deviantart.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>John Paul Wallington wrote:
>>
>>>Andrew <andrew@uberwald.discnet> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>i just don't know how to find if I'm at the beginning of a line. Is
>>>>there a function; or does it need to be written specially?
>>>
>>>See `bolp'.
>>>
>>
>>for the sack of politness; heres my version of the functions (only
>>line and buffer sorry) feel free to do whatever.
>>
>>(defun beginning-of-line-or-buffer ()
>>   "Sends point to the beginning of the current line, or, if already there,
>>    the beginning of the buffer"
>>   (interactive)
>>   (if (bolp)
>>       (goto-char (point-min))
>>     (beginning-of-line)
>>     ))
>>
>>(defun end-of-line-or-buffer ()
>>   "Sends point to the beginning of the current line, or, if already there,
>>    the beginning of the buffer"
>>   (interactive)
>>   (if (eolp)
>>       (goto-char (point-max))
>>     (end-of-line)
>>     ))
> 
> 
> I think at least the far jumps should place a mark so that C-x C-x
> will get you back.  So you would want to use beginning-of-buffer
> instead of (goto-char (point-min)) and the corresponding for the end.
> 

Thanks for that; the info pages were kinda missleading (perhaps only for 
a beginner though).

Andrew