From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
Cc: 65980@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65980: 30.0.50; C-e behaves surprisingly in minibuffer
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:26:40 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83edj0ll7z.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877cos8zqf.fsf@rub.de> (message from Stephen Berman on Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:51:36 +0200)
> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:51:36 +0200
>
> 4. Now type a command that includes text that extends beyond
> window-width, resulting e.g. in this in the minibuffer:
> Find file: ~/src/emacs/emacs-master/java/org/gnu/emacs/EmacsLauncherPreferencesActivity.java
> 5. Typing C-a moves point to the beginning of the file name and then
> typing C-e moves point to the end of the file name (same as step 2).
> Here's the surprising behavior:
> 6. Typing M-< moves point to the beginning of the prompt but now typing
> C-e fails to move point. And if you move point to any position
> within the prompt, e.g. M-f to put point after "Find", then typing
> C-e moves point to the beginning of the prompt.
>
> It certainly seems like a bug that C-e, i.e. move-end-of-line, fails to
> move to the end of the line in step 6, and the inconsistency between the
> results in step 3 and step 6 also seems like a bug. The attached patch
> ensures that C-e in step 6 moves to the end of the file name, as in step
> 2, and should only affect the use of C-e in the minibuffer.
It's because if fields. If you want this to work disregarding fields,
set inhibit-field-text-motion non-nil, and then C-a and C-e will do
what you expect even if you enter the prompt (which has the field
property).
With fields, you are not supposed to use M-<, only C-a.
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2023-09-14 16:51 bug#65980: 30.0.50; C-e behaves surprisingly in minibuffer Stephen Berman
2023-09-14 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-09-14 20:37 ` Stephen Berman
2023-09-15 5:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-15 12:35 ` Stephen Berman
2023-09-16 7:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-16 12:02 ` Stephen Berman
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