bug#5106: 23.1.50; global-visual-line-mode breaks find-file minibuffer usage

[Lennart Borgman]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> I can confirm C-a is fixed, but I just noticed C-b still moves past
>>> field boundaries too.
>
>> Actually, this happens regardless of whether visual-line-mode is in
>> use, though I believe C-b used to stop at the prompt.  Maybe this was
>> an intentional change?  (If so, I wouldn't say I'm opposed; just
>> making sure it's not an inadvertent regression.)
>
> C-b and C-f have always ignored field boundaries, AFAIK.


Are they just disobeying, or?