Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:23:37 +0200
> 
> > Regarding `left-char' and `right-char', the doc string says:
> >
> >   Depending on the bidirectional context, this may move either
> >   backward or forward in the buffer.
> >
> > Believe it or not, but I tried to make it more precise for a long
> > time, and this is the best I could come up with.
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong, but may it not also _jump_ backward or forward
> in the buffer?

You are not wrong, it certainly jumps on the L2R/R2L boundaries.  That
is why the doc string carefully avoids saying "move one character", it
just says "move", which I thought should include jumps.  Do you think
many people will interpret "move" as meaning just one glyph position
on the screen?