From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Have to run redraw-display manually
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:16:33 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835yuuyy9a.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKV+xLDsh1=BaDpVxkCSTeHUfn6xCr10fScZtD3JXRVXmqoYJg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Cos Chan on Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:03:46 +0200)
[Why private email?]
> From: Cos Chan <rosettas@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:03:46 +0200
>
> I did more testing, and it seems that changing the system tab width by
> $ tabs 4
> would create this problem(also in tcsh). If I change it back to 8 the problem is gone.
>
> Here is content of my .emacs file:
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/lisp/")
> ;; lisp scripts
> (require 'sudo-save)
> ;; editting settings
> (setq-default indent-tabs-mode t)
> (setq-default tab-width 4)
> (normal-erase-is-backspace-mode 1)
> ;; backup and autosave to temporary directory
> (setq backup-directory-alist
> `((".*" . ,temporary-file-directory)))
> (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms
> `((".*" ,temporary-file-directory t)))
> ;; set color to be compatible with dark background
> (setq frame-background-mode 'dark)
>
> I made a simple file test_emacs for testing, here is the content:
> HISTSIZE=999
> SAVEHIST=999
> setopt appendhistory autocd beep extendedglob nomatch notify
>
> How to reproduce:
> $ emacs test_emacs
> type 2 times ctrl-n, the point is on "s" (from setopt, line 3)
> type alt-f, the point is on character "t" (from setopt, line 3, the third character)
> type alt-x and redraw display, the point is on the first space (line3, the 7th character)
>
> With little tuning for the testing file, I removed the last "t" from "setopt" and the testing result was:
> $ emacs test_emacs
> type 2 times ctrl-n, the point is on "s" (from setopt, line 3)
> type alt-f, the point is on the first space. (Which is correct)
> type alt-f, the point is on the second space. (Which is correct)
> type alt-f, the point is on the third space. (Which is correct)
> type alt-f, the point is on the "b". (from beep, which is incorrect)
> type alt-x and redraw display, the point is on the fourth space.
>
> Please suggest.
My suggestion is not to do "tabs 4", it changes how the terminal
behaves regarding cursor motion.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-21 11:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-21 9:06 Have to run redraw-display manually Cos Chan
2021-09-21 9:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <CAKV+xLDsh1=BaDpVxkCSTeHUfn6xCr10fScZtD3JXRVXmqoYJg@mail.gmail.com>
2021-09-21 11:16 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-09-21 11:33 ` Cos Chan
2021-09-21 11:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-21 11:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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