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Re: right-char and left-char
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: right-char and left-char |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:49:51 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
> This lands us in the unfortunate situation where a command named
> `left-char' sometimes moves right, and a command named `right-char'
> sometimes moves left. Their names seem to imply that what distinguishes
> these commands from `forward-char'/`backward-char' is their
> directionality.
None of this sounds very satisfactory, but at the same time giving
a name that faithfully reflects the behavior seems impossibly hard.
Basically "left-char" means "do what is intended by pressing the left
arrow", which is of course circular.
I think we're better off with the current approximate names and
description than with something that goes into too many details.
Stefan "who still finds it odd that keeping <right> pressed may
end up stopping in the middle of the buffer"