bug#971: 23.0.60; next-line, previous-line and goal-column

[martin rudalics]

> When goal-column has a value larger than the window width, next line
> and previous-line behave oddly. Visit file foo.txt, choose a window
> width of, say, 40, and set goal-column to 50. If initially point is
> at the beginning of line, next-line and previous-line put point in a
> column smaller than goal-column. Executing next-line again puts
> point at the end of the line past goal-column.
>
> Results also behave on the value of truncate-lines. The above refers
> to truncate-lines being t. If it is nil, previous-line doesn't do
> anything for me. (It does not move point backwards.)
>
> There is no such problem with emacs 22.2.

I suppose this has been fixed with Chong's recent change to
`vertical-motion'.  Can you confirm?

martin