Re: Moving paragraphs instead of lines

[Bastien <bzg@altern.org>]

I guess the rationale behind making M-<up/down> to move lines was to get
a similar behavior for this command whatever the context:

- inside a list
- inside a table
- inside a subtree headlines
- inside normal paragraphs

But I have the feeling that the current behavior for M-<up/down> inside
normal paragraphs is a bit too much... but this is just a feeling.  

Rick Moynihan <rick@calicojack.co.uk> writes:

> When the cursor is positioned within a paragraph would M-<up> and
> M-<down> not be better set to move the current paragraph above or
> below it's surrounding paragraphs respectively?
>
> e.g.  When the point is positioned in the following outline, would a
> M-<up> not be better moving the foo paragraph above the bar one,
> rather than just repositioning the 6-foo line?
>
> * Outline
>
> bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar
> bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar
> bar bar bar bar bar
>
> foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo
> foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo
> foo foo foo foo foo foo | <-- point
>
> I could see such operations being restricted to only operate with the
> current outline level.  I realise the M-<up>/<down> behaviour when on
> an outline is correct, but I see little need in repositioning lines
> within a paragraph if the user is using M-q to wrap paragraphs, as I
> do. Moving the paragraph here would surely make more sense.

-- 
Bastien