Hi Alan,

your arguments make sense, and I have implemented this.

To have separate values, set org-special-ctrl-a/e to a cons
cell with the setting for C-a in the car and the setting for
C-e in the cdr.

- Carsten

On Feb 22, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote:

> I have found the behavior of the cursor at the beginning of the line  
> to be clumsy, and troublesome.  I cannot easily set a region, for  
> example.
>
> However, the special setting of ctrl-e is extremely useful.
>
> A single variable controls these two variables, in a unified way.   
> This variable also has two aliases.  The aliases are not recognized  
> by the functions that are affected by these variables in org.el: org- 
> beginning-of-line, and org-end-of-line.  As far as I can see, there  
> seems no reason to keep these two aliased variables as references to  
> a single unified variable, insofar as the underlying code is  
> concerned.
>
> Because, at least for me, the behaviors have sufficiently distinct  
> behaviors, I propose these should be separated.
>
> I am unable to code lisp to the level of skill necessary to do the  
> work myself.  At some point, I would be willing to work on this as a  
> "first off" hack.  I cannot do so at present due to work obligations.
>
> Alan
>
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