From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Ruy Exel <ruyexel@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Deletion immediately after insertion should leave org-mode tables unaltered but it doesn't
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:37:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874lprp38r.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB8Wf+-7tTwMtMui3xJ3Bae8PRSTP+3ij=GcF32qNnb_td=DzA@mail.gmail.com> (Ruy Exel's message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2017 11:38:55 -0200")
Hello,
Ruy Exel <ruyexel@gmail.com> writes:
> Given a simple table such as
>
> | Name | Age |
> |-------+-----|
> | John | 20 |
> | Peter | 25 |
> |-------+-----|
>
> place the cursor in the cell containing 'Age', insert two columns pressing
> 'M-S-right' each time and, immediately after that, delete two columns with
> "M-S-left". One would expect the table to return to its original state,
> but is doesn't. In reality the table becomes
>
> | | Age |
> |---+-----|
> | | 20 |
> | | 25 |
> |---+-----|
>
> because the second deletion actually kills the column labeled "Name".
>
> Contrast this with the behaviour of inserting and deleting characters in
> text-mode and you will see that the above behaviour is counter intuitive.
>
> I believe this is due to the fact that 'M-S-right' inserts a column at the
> cursor, placing the cursor within the inserted column, while, after
> deletion, the cursor is placed in the column to the LEFT of the deleted
> column (except after deleting the leftmost column).
>
> A possible solution is to place the column to the RIGHT of the deleted
> column after deletion (except after deleting the rightmost column).
The deletion is triggered by pressing the <LEFT> arrow. Your suggestion
would make the point move right. This is not optimal either.
Maybe the other way is better. Since column creation is triggered by
pressing <RIGHT> arrow, we might create it to the right of the current
column, and point would move into it.
WDYT?
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-18 13:38 Deletion immediately after insertion should leave org-mode tables unaltered but it doesn't Ruy Exel
2017-11-18 23:37 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2017-11-19 1:16 ` Ruy Exel
2017-11-21 22:47 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-11-28 20:27 ` Ruy Exel
2017-11-28 21:58 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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