On May 26, 2009, at 8:46 AM, joakim@verona.se wrote:
>> Rather than providing hooks so that the user can be trapped by the
>> problem, diagnose it, find the hooks, and come up with the right lisp
>> code (most users actually don't speak lisp) to fix it, why not turn
>> off line-move-visual (and anything else of the "do what I mean"
>> variety) during macro recording and playback?  That would lead to
>> consistent and predictable behavior.
>
> The mechanism for this could be in the form of a preloaded hook,
> right?

Yes, sounds like a good idea.  That way it can be turned off /  
tinkered with.

We should, however, take care to restore the previous value in case an  
error is signaled during Macro execution.