Ah yes, now I get it! Yes, I'd like things to work as YOU describe, where text + down (or up) arrow results in the position equal to where you started entering text, instead of ending it.
I find this most often when trying to go from: abcd defg ghij to ab--cd de--fg gh--ij "Costs me" 2 "extra" back-arrow keystrokes per line the way things happen now. (Though this may be a more "standard" Mac behavior, not sure.) Bruce -- Bruce Barrett See my website at: http://www.brucebarrett.com ... and... I've just started blogging at: <http://brucebarrett.com/b/> As BBEdit-Talk List wrote... >BBEdit-Talk Digest #2019 > > 1) Re: Cursor movement > by Steve Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:43:34 +0100 >From: Steve Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Cursor movement >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >computer.local> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >On 17/8/07 at 19:49, Bruce Barrett wrote: > >>Down-arrow in BBEdit (and I believe all reasonable Mac=20 >>programs, hehe) attempts to take you to the same column as you=20 >>just left. So if your file looks like this: >>123456^8910 Line 1 >>123v >>123456v8910 Line 3 > >I probably didn't explain the example too well. I'll use your example.. > >If I position the cursor on line 1 column 8 and type 'foo' I=20 >will now be on line 1 column 11. If I use the arrow keys to move=20 >down two lines I will be on line 3 column 11 i.e taking you to=20 >the column I just left as you say. > >Ideally I would like to move to line 3 column 8 i.e. the point=20 >where I last started typing. >--=20 >Regards, > >Steve Hodgson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
