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From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: Enhance word-based commands?
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:42:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84r8bdwneq.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 84el7edy18.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> I think it might help to change the behavior of the word-based
> commands, as follows: Right now, M-f positions point after the end of
> the next word.  If there are non-word characters at point, those are
> skipped first.  I think it might help to change M-f as follows: if
> there are non-word characters at point, skip past them but no
> further.  The behavior of M-b would be the same: if at a non-word
> character, skip past the chunk of non-word characters but no further.

Another alternative would be to consider each non-word character
(that is not whitespace) a `word' in its own right.  I think this is
what C-w does in isearch-mode.  So there is precedence for this
behavior in Emacs.

Still looking for opinions...
-- 
Ambibibentists unite!

  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-16  7:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-15 19:16 Enhance word-based commands? Kai Großjohann
2003-01-16  7:42 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2003-01-16 23:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-01-17 11:48   ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-17 15:31     ` Andreas Schwab
2003-01-17  2:56 ` Miles Bader
2003-01-17 11:45   ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-17  9:22 ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-17 11:44   ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-17 13:53     ` Kim F. Storm
2003-01-19  2:18       ` Kim F. Storm
2003-01-19  1:35     ` Richard Stallman

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