Re: end-of-line behaviour [was: (no subject)]

[Toby Cubitt <tsc25@cantab.net>]

This sounds like it might be related to recent end-of-line changes and an
even more recent (not yet applied) patch I posted.

On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 12:50:20PM -0600, Kevin Buchs wrote:
> I would like to solve a problem I have: C-e (org-end-of-line) does not
> move to the end of the line with long lines that are not headings. I
> find myself wanting to get to the end of a long line often and have to
> hit multiple C-e sequences to get there. I don't have the
> org-special-ctrl-a/e set to non-nil.

Which version of org-mode are you running?

I can't reproduce this in a recent git checkout. With visual-line-mode
off and org-special-ctrl-a/e nil, C-e goes straight to the (real) end of
the line in one go.

On the other hand, with the same settings, C-a doesn't go back to the
*beginning* of the line in one go for me. This bug is fixed by the patch
I posted to the list.

> My line-move-visual value is the default value of t, so I get the
> end-of-visual-line movement one screen's worth.

At least in the latest git, end-of-line doesn't even check the value of
line-move-visual, so it's setting shouldn't have any effect at all on
org-end-of-line. (org-beginning-of-line *does* check line-move-visual; my
patch fixes this to check visual-line-mode instead.)

> Before I start hacking, I thought I should be clear on the design goals
> here. It seems as if the declaration of line-move-visual says it is
> dealing with vertical motion, not horizontal motion. I don't see any
> behavior elsewhere that uses the interpretation that line-move-visual
> is for horizontal motion. Anyone have thoughts on this subject?

Agreed (see the recent discussion thread about my patch).

> BTW - I posted this back in May, but I neglected to keep the topic alive.

Looks like you're not the only one trying to fix this :)

Toby
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