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bug#25181: 25.1.90; move-beginning-of-line doesn't move point


From: Andreas Röhler
Subject: bug#25181: 25.1.90; move-beginning-of-line doesn't move point
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:55:10 +0100
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/45.4.0



On 13.12.2016 17:05, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

Hmm, is this reasonable? BOL is a very basic concept. Don't think it
should be permitted to be interfered with fields.
The idea is that a Lisp program would use fields only when the
produced effect is what the user would expect.  You see this every day
in action when you type "C-x C-f" and then C-a: point stops at the
beginning of the default directory, without entering the "Find file:"
prompt.  Moving point to BOL in this case would be a nuisance.  (You
can still get to the beginning of line by other means, like C-b.)

That's what fields are all about.  If you don't want this effect,
don't use fields; they are opt-in.

Felt rather having been ad-opted ;) Still think there is a bug - might be a seldom one.





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