Re: line-move-visual never set to nil?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Miles Bader wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:
> > I think this case is special. The special thing is the relation between
> > the visual move and the buffer point. That relation changes according to
> > something that is rather unrelated with the buffer contents but can
> > easily be changed by the user. That makes the relation very volatile.
>
> Not really, given that (1) window-width changes quite rarely,

You have to take into account both line length and window-width.

> and (2) most macros are used immediately (in the same buffer/window) and
> then discarded (or rather, forgotten about).

Yes, that is a good argument.

> Anyway, what you're suggesting seems every bit as bad, or worse, than
> the problem it's purporting to solve -- without, as far as I can see,
> any actual evidence that there _is_ a problem (have we gotten any bug
> reports?).

But that is not such a good argument right now, of course ... ;-)

> -Miles