Re: line-move-visual

[Uday S Reddy <uDOTsDOTreddy@cs.bham.ac.uk>]

On 6/13/2010 11:51 AM, David Kastrup wrote:

>
> If you want some response from the developers, the right way is to talk
> with them like normal human beings would rather than trying to view them
> as laboratory rats and discuss your findings about their reactions with
> other superior life forms.
>
> If you have questions about the intent behind a post of Stefan, the
> person to ask is Stefan.

Hmm.  A bit unfair, but good point.  I will.

> The question is not how to manipulate Emacs developers into doing things
> the way you'd like them to do.  The question is how to argue against the
> priorities and reasons (readily accessible in the developer list
> archives) that lead to the current decision, and come up with additional
> data that may shift the balance.

Ok, I have indicated how the change to the semantics of `next-line' affects VM 
and perhaps other similar packages.

Mark, if you are still around, can you tell us how it affects you?  Why kind of 
users do you have and why can't set line-move-visual to nil?

Cheers,
Uday