From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: Deleting region in table [9.0.8 (9.0.8-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org/)]
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:18:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r2wanp67.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2k2273vrj.fsf@tenpoint.co.nz> (Nick Helm's message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:14:56 +1200")
Hello,
Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz> writes:
> Deleting a region within an org table causes point to jump.
>
> Recipe:
>
> Emacs -Q
> org-mode
>
> ;make a table
> | this is a simple | table |
>
> double-click "simple" ;place region over a word
> <backspace>
>
> With the last command, I expect the word "simple" to be deleted, the
> right-hand "|" separator (and following column) to close up six chars,
> and point to end up to the right of "a ".
>
> Note however that point winds up in the middle of the next column over
> the word "table". Or, more precisely, one screen column to the left of
> where it started. An additional space is also inserted in the first
> column.
>
> I had a look at org.el and I think this occurs because the function
> `org-delete-backward-char' (which my system calls by default to delete
> text in a table) is unaware of the region and treats the case above as a
> single char backwards delete.
Good catch!
Fixed. Thank you for the report and the analysis.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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2017-08-13 23:14 Bug: Deleting region in table [9.0.8 (9.0.8-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org/)] Nick Helm
2017-08-17 16:18 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2017-08-28 3:21 ` Nick Helm
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