Bob Proulx writes:
> In emacs 24 this is the new feature controlled by the line-move-visual
> variable. Call me a Luddite if you want but in emacs 24 I turn that
> feature off. I am very much "used to using" the traditional behavior
> and like it.
I do as well.
> Thinking about it I think tha
> This is completely putting the cart before the horse. And going down
> that road creates a circular line of reasoning which has no end to the
> loop cycle. Plus it is a radical change in fundamental behavior.
> Please don't.
I disagree with the above, obviously. See below.
> The entire reaso
> I said in an earlier message that the two programs use different mental
> models. Here's what I meant.
Currently they are different, indeed, but I think it would be
perfectly possible, and desirable, to remove that inconsistency.
> Readline is one-dimensional: everything it deals with is a lin
>> The use of C-p and C-n for this is pervasive and long-lived. There is
>> no reason to break 25 years of backwards compatibility and compatibility
>> with other shells to make this change.
>
> I thought that compatibility with GNU Emacs was important too.
> Perhaps the proposed (Emacs-compatib
