org-indent-mode makes set-goal-column behave surprising

org-indent-mode makes set-goal-column behave surprising

[Martin Edström]

Hello, pinging back on two old emails that seem related:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-01/msg00030.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00654.html

A bug that can be reproduced on Emacs -Q:

- Open an org file that has subtrees at various levels
- Do M-x org-indent-mode RET
- Go forward a few chars inside a line, then do M-x set-goal-column RET RET
- Now move up and down lines. You'll see that it does not stick to any sensible "goal column".

I myself rely on this technique (set-goal-column), for example to edit the start of each list item in a list, without having to navigate to beginning of line again on each item.  But it only works if there are no headings (or org-indent-mode is disabled).

org-indent-mode makes set-goal-column behave surprising

[Martin Edström]

Hello, pinging back on two old emails that seem related:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-01/msg00030.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00654.html

A bug that can be reproduced on Emacs -Q:

- Open an org file that has subtrees at various levels
- Do M-x org-indent-mode RET
- Go forward a few chars inside a line, then do M-x set-goal-column RET RET
- Now move up and down lines. You'll see that it does not stick to any sensible "goal column".

I myself rely on this technique (set-goal-column), for example to edit the start of each list item in a list, without having to navigate to beginning of line again on each item. But it only works if there are no headings (or org-indent-mode is disabled).

Re: org-indent-mode makes set-goal-column behave surprising

[Martin Edström]

Sorry, I have to add a reproduction step: turn on M-x visual-line-mode.

Anyway, it's not an Org bug.  Reported upstream:  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=72420

Martin Edstrom

On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:52:55 +0200 (CEST), "Martin Edström" <meedstrom@runbox.eu> wrote:

> Hello, pinging back on two old emails that seem related:
> 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-01/msg00030.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00654.html
> 
> A bug that can be reproduced on Emacs -Q:
> 
> - Open an org file that has subtrees at various levels
> - Do M-x org-indent-mode RET
> - Go forward a few chars inside a line, then do M-x set-goal-column RET RET
> - Now move up and down lines. You'll see that it does not stick to any sensible "goal column".
> 
> I myself rely on this technique (set-goal-column), for example to edit the start of each list item in a list, without having to navigate to beginning of line again on each item. But it only works if there are no headings (or org-indent-mode is disabled).

Re: org-indent-mode makes set-goal-column behave surprising

[Ihor Radchenko]

"Martin Edström" <meedstrom@runbox.eu> writes:

> Sorry, I have to add a reproduction step: turn on M-x visual-line-mode.
>
> Anyway, it's not an Org bug.  Reported upstream:  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=72420

The upstream bug has been fixed.

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Re: org-indent-mode makes set-goal-column behave surprising

[Ihor Radchenko]

"Martin Edström" <meedstrom@runbox.com> writes:

> Hello, pinging back on two old emails that seem related:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-01/msg00030.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00654.html
>
> A bug that can be reproduced on Emacs -Q:
> ...

Duplicate of https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/E1sYNzr-0004UE-97@rmmprod07.runbox/


-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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