From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Outline cycling does not preserve point's position
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:02:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ED2509E-8A2E-4ED2-BFCF-CB7B27F1D2B4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130910085057.GQ20690@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com>
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On 10.9.2013, at 10:50, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:16:06AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>
>> The question is: What are people using C-arrow for?
>>
>> I think the main application is reasonably fast motion
>> and selection in a *linear* way. Is this correct, or do people
>> disagree here with me?
>
> I use it for navigating a buffer (not necessarily Org) linearly; i.e. go
> back and forth between parts I'm working on or to peruse the contents of
> a file. That said, often I feel the need for a navigation command which
> allows me to navigate the semantics of the buffer (which exactly what
> Nicolas's elements based navigation does).
>
>> The amazing element motion commands Nicolas has implement
>> correspond to sexp motion, as he has said himself.
>> Maybe C-M-f and C-M-b are the better binding match for these?
>
> I think you are right here. There is a need for both. For me, I use
> linear navigation more commonly; so I would prefer C-<up/down> for
> linear navigation and some other bindings (like C-M-f/b, as you suggest)
> for the elements based motion.
And by linear, I think we don't mean strictly linear, but on a paragraph/table/item scale, ignoring hierarchy.
Cheers
- Carsten
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-07 12:11 Outline cycling does not preserve point's position Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-07 14:17 ` Carsten Dominik
[not found] ` <BED1FBAA-8BB5-45D6-8328-11C0BB2DF015-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-07 19:28 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-08 6:16 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 7:57 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-08 11:03 ` Eric Schulte
2013-09-09 8:39 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-08 16:23 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 8:11 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-09 8:13 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 8:23 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-09 8:27 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 8:33 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-09 8:38 ` Bastien
2013-09-09 9:05 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 11:32 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-09 11:49 ` Bastien
2013-09-09 15:27 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-09 14:23 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 15:16 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-09 15:41 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-09 17:42 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-10 3:47 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-10 6:03 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-10 6:48 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-09-10 7:32 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 7:53 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 7:58 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-10 8:16 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-10 8:50 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 9:02 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2013-09-10 9:50 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 16:33 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-10 18:35 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-10 18:39 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-10 19:22 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-10 19:40 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-10 19:52 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-10 18:58 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 19:07 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 19:48 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-10 20:13 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-10 20:29 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-10 21:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-11 12:24 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-12 6:54 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-12 9:11 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-12 9:28 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-12 9:47 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-11 2:49 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 11:09 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-11 11:34 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 15:19 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-11 15:40 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 15:31 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 15:40 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-11 16:14 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 20:01 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-11 22:11 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-12 6:43 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-12 9:07 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-12 10:12 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-12 7:17 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-13 10:57 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-13 22:29 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-14 5:33 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-14 17:16 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-09-15 4:39 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-10 20:16 ` Samuel Wales
2013-09-10 5:06 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 3:57 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-11 15:47 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-09 8:38 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-09 11:30 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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