Re: :Emacs Forms mode.

[Brendan Halpin <brendan.halpin@ul.ie>]

kaustuv <kaustuv@stanford.edu> writes:

> I am trying to use emacs forms mode to create an addressbook. However I am
> unable to enter the data in it. The moment I open a new recoed by C-c C-o
> I get a screen as i expect, but for the fact that when i press tab to
> move to fields  to enter data in the them it simply takes me to the end of
> this record. Is there some way instead of pressing tab to goto the desired
> fiels and enter data?
> 
> Also I noted if the fields in concern had already data in them (for e.g.
> after I modified the data file manually) I could not only go to those
> fields by pressing tab but also enter data by modifyin what was written
> there. I am adding my address.el below. Can someone suggest what is going
> wrong?


>   (setq forms-insert-after t)

Commenting this out allows things to work. With it in, and an empty
data file, forms-mode gets confused, trying to position the point
after a non-existant entry. 

Is this a bug in forms mode?

Brendan