From: weber <hugows@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: cursor movement question
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:38:26 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bb4b5687-3e85-4570-bb8f-0c5cf8ba5a34@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3554eed9-706e-4757-ad31-c2dd0d225588@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com
On Jul 16, 1:11 pm, xraysmalev...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 16, 10:45 am, aspirinjunky <dokag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > hi,
>
> > is there a way to move the cursor straight up or down regardless of
> > whether or not the previous or next line extends to that point, rather
> > than having the cursor jump to the end of the line if it is shorter?
>
> > This probably sounds trivial, but it was a nice feature in brief
> > because it made it was easier on "these old eyes", as well as when
> > trying to line up columns when making rectangles.
>
> > thanks,
>
> > d...
>
> some more discussions (and possible solutions) athttp://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.emacs/browse_thread/thread/082e...
Maybe set-goal-column (C-x C-n) also helps with your problem.
Use C-u C-x C-n when done.
HTH,
ugo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-16 22:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-16 14:45 cursor movement question aspirinjunky
2008-07-16 15:12 ` Ken Goldman
2008-07-16 16:11 ` xraysmalevich
2008-07-16 22:38 ` weber [this message]
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