Re: Bug: Org line commands and visual-line mode bindings [9.3.7 (9.3.7-15-gc9abb4-elpaplus @ /home/gustavo/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20200727/)]

[Marco Wahl]

Hi Gustavo,

> The Org line commands -- `org-beginning-of-line', `org-end-of-line', and
> `org-kill-line' -- all take due care for the presence of
> `visual-line-mode' to do the right thing if it is turned on.  However,
> when `visual-line-mode' is indeed on, the bindings on
> `visual-line-mode-map' shadow Org's bindings, so that we actually get
> `beginning-of-visual-line', `end-of-visual-line', and `kill-visual-line'
> for the usual keybindings, instead of the much nicer specialized Org
> commands.
>
> To check this, start with =emacs -Q=, set load-path to get the proper
> version of Org (as your case may be):
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20200727")
> #+end_src
>
>
> Then visit an Org file, and enable "M-x visual-line-mode", and check the
> bindings with "C-h k C-a", "C-h k C-e", and "C-h k C-k" to get:
>
> #+begin_example
> beginning-of-visual-line
> end-of-visual-line
> kill-visual-line
> #+end_example
>
> I'm not sure this is a "bug", strictly speaking, or if it is correct
> unfortunate behavior.  Anyway, is there something that could be done
> from Org's side?

Also not sure if this is a bug. But you can configure the desired
behavior by hooking in at activation of visual line mode AFAICS.

You could e.g. add

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---

(add-hook 'visual-line-mode-hook
          (lambda () (when (derived-mode-p 'org-mode)
                       (local-set-key (kbd "C-a") #'org-beginning-of-line)
                       (local-set-key (kbd "C-e") #'org-end-of-line)
                       (local-set-key (kbd "C-k") #'org-kill-line))))

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

to your config.


Best,
-- Marco