From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ralf Angeli <angeli@caeruleus.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: scroll-lock-mode and goal-column
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:10:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvabgyfwp4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <g4bfqc$fh0$1@ger.gmane.org> (Ralf Angeli's message of "Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:31:08 +0200")
>>> And if I open the raw dir file the behavior is even worse, meaning
>>> point will not jump back into the previous column at all once it got
>>> stuck to column 0.
>>
>> I actually much prefer this behavior because it's consistent with the
>> simple `last-command' problem, so it should be easy to fix.
> I'm not sure what to let-bind `last-command' to, but setting
Any of `scroll-up' or `scroll-down'.
> `this-command' seems to work. (See attached patch. No ChangeLog entry,
Yes, it should work as well.
> The only problem now is that once the `forward-line' movement kicks in
> at the start or end of a buffer, point will be moved to column 0 again.
Oh, indeed. That needs more work.
> However, I'd prefer the column to be preserved. Since this behavior of
> `forward-line' is by design, I'm not sure if we can get rid of the
> manual preservation of the goal column.
How 'bout using next-line?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-03 22:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-13 15:49 scroll-lock-mode and goal-column Stefan Monnier
2008-06-13 16:05 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-13 17:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-29 14:33 ` Ralf Angeli
2008-06-29 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-29 18:10 ` Ralf Angeli
2008-06-29 19:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-30 20:31 ` Ralf Angeli
2008-07-03 22:10 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-07-20 19:49 ` Ralf Angeli
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