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Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?
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Andy Moreton |
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Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why? |
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Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:59:48 +0100 |
On Thu 02 Jun 2011, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Andy Moreton <address@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:38:12 +0100
>>
>> On Thu 02 Jun 2011, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Maybe the following variant of the 2nd sentence sounds better:
>
> The effect on the screen is to place the cursor on the character N
> buffer positions forward, which could be to the left or to the
> right, depending on the bidirectional context.
>
> That's because Emacs doesn't really move point one character at a
> time (when N is more than 1).
I think that is definitely clearer than what we have now.
Similar wording is also needed for backward-char, left-char and
right-char as well. E.g. for right-char:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(right-char &optional N)
Move point N characters to the right (to the left if N is negative). On
reaching beginning or end of buffer, stop and signal error.
The effect on the buffer is to place the cursor on the character N
screen positions to the right, which could be forward or backward from
the current position, depending on the bidirectional context.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
AndyM
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Andy Moreton, 2011/06/01
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/01
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Andy Moreton, 2011/06/01
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Andy Moreton, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?,
Andy Moreton <=
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Andy Moreton, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Andy Moreton, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/03
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, David Kastrup, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/02
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, David Kastrup, 2011/06/03
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/06/03
- Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?, David Kastrup, 2011/06/03