From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Cursor positioning with `after-string' overlays Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:53:11 +0300 Message-ID: <83mxxmwas8.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83bpe3xqjj.fsf@gnu.org> <87d3yialfb.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1270195786 10721 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2010 08:09:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 02 10:09:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxbwV-0004sd-VE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:09:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45575 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxbwV-00064A-8x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:09:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NxbsR-0003lF-64 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:05:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56979 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxbsK-0003QI-I4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:05:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxbhL-00080R-5B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:53:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:55344) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxbhK-000807-Uh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:53:47 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L0800B00OFNBP00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:53:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.92.42]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L0800AOHOKM2W30@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:53:16 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87d3yialfb.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:123054 Archived-At: > From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:54:16 +0200 > > CUA rectangle mode may use the old behaviour to place cursor midway > through a tab character - I cannot judge from your example if that > is still working with the trunk code, and I don't have time to check > one out (I got lost in the Bazaar)... > > But you can easily try it out. > Just enter: > > M-x cua-mode RET > a C-q C-i b > C-a C-RET C-f C-f C-f .. > > cursor should move successively from a through the tab until it reaches b You are right, it doesn't work. But it doesn't work in Emacs 23.1 and in Emacs 22.3, either, at least not on MS-Windows and on GNU/Linux. Are you sure the recipe is correct? If so, in what version of Emacs did it work for you?