beginning-of-line with toggle-truncate-lines

beginning-of-line with toggle-truncate-lines

[edgar]

Hello. I am trying to move to the visual beginning-of-line. If I set 
toggle-truncate-lines, I get something which *looks* like a paragraph, 
instead of a chopped line. For example:

   My text is chopped in the middle
   of the text like this %%

without toggle-truncate-lines, I would have to scroll past the end of 
the screen. I will now use |·| as the indicator for my point. If I hit 
C-a, when I am here:

   My text is chopped in the middle
   of the text like this %%|·|

My point goes to the real beginning of the line (which looks like a 
paragraph on my screen).

   |·|My text is chopped in the middle
   of the text like this %%

I want to know if there is a command to go to the visual beginning of 
the line:

   My text is chopped in the middle
   |·|of the text like this %%


Thanks!

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Re: beginning-of-line with toggle-truncate-lines

[edgar]

On 2020-05-18 02:27, edgar@openmail.cc wrote:
> Hello. I am trying to move to the visual beginning-of-line. If I set
> toggle-truncate-lines, I get something which *looks* like a paragraph,
> instead of a chopped line. For example:
> 
>   My text is chopped in the middle
>   of the text like this %%
> 
> without toggle-truncate-lines, I would have to scroll past the end of
> the screen. I will now use |·| as the indicator for my point. If I hit
> C-a, when I am here:
> 
>   My text is chopped in the middle
>   of the text like this %%|·|
> 
> My point goes to the real beginning of the line (which looks like a
> paragraph on my screen).
> 
>   |·|My text is chopped in the middle
>   of the text like this %%
> 
> I want to know if there is a command to go to the visual beginning of 
> the line:
> 
>   My text is chopped in the middle
>   |·|of the text like this %%
> 
> 
> Thanks!

Sorry! Of course there is a way to do that:
<home> runs the command beginning-of-visual-line

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Re: beginning-of-line with toggle-truncate-lines

[Dmitry Alexandrov]

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edgar@openmail.cc wrote:
> On 2020-05-18 02:27, edgar@openmail.cc wrote:
>> I want to know if there is a command to go to the visual beginning of the line:
>>
>>   My text is chopped in the middle
>>   |·|of the text like this %%
>
> Sorry! Of course there is a way to do that: <home> runs the command beginning-of-visual-line

No, it actually does not, at least globally.  Though there may be some major mode, where are C-a and <home> indeed acts differently by default, I do not remember.

In any case, may it be, that M-x visual-lines-mode is what you are looking for?

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Re: beginning-of-line with toggle-truncate-lines

[edgar]

> No, it actually does not, at least globally

Thanks. That's useful.

> 
> In any case, may it be, that M-x visual-lines-mode is what you are 
> looking for?

I am using that, actually. Thank you!

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