Re: arrow keys vs. C-f/b/n/p

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:16:54 -0700
> Cc: 
> 
> Why should a change in text-insertion direction cause lots of directional
> keys/commands to flip (but not all, apparently)?

The directional keys do not flip.

> > If "forward" doesn't really mean forward in the text,
> 
> What about forward in the _buffer_?

It's the same thing.  "Forward" means in the order of increasing
character positions.

> Should `forward-char' reflect the R2L/L2R quality of the surrounding chars, or
> should it just reflect the buffer directionality (bob -> eob)?

The latter.  That is what logical order is all about.

> What about beginning of buffer? Should it sometimes become end of
> buffer?

No.

> Should that happen only if the entire buffer is R2L?

No.

> Anyone smell a can of worms around here?

No.

> But for the ordinary cursor movements, I still raise the naive question: Why 
> not
> just let "forward" be toward eob?

It _is_ toward EOB.  And it should never be changed.