On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:50 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote: > On 12 March 2012 21:23, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: >> Igor >> >> would it be not more clever to integrate keyMapper and add Ctrl-a Ctrl-e >> because has that since decades now? > It is orthogonal. Ctrl-a btw selects all text.. which kind-of > windowish behavior, but it is also quite useful.
Not in emacs and not with mail on mac :) > >> I would not integrate such change in its current state >> >> Because for me going back one character is important and it is important to >> jump at the beginning of the line > > Stef, you can go back & forth by one character, unless you are at > multiple whitespace characters, > which is treated as single whitespace. > > This is not my invention. I borrowing that from typography systems, a > white space between words treated as a single whitespace, > because usually, a typography system using kerning rules and adjusts > spaces width in order to justify text in a line so it will align to > column edges. > You can take any newspaper and see the effect. Obviously, nobody using > multiple spaces in text to align it.. because space width may vary. > And hence, no need to put more than one space between words. > Tabs having special meaning , however. Usually they used at the > beginning of line. > And usually again, you don't need to be able to navigate to each > particular tab character, you always want to navigate either to start > of line, or to start of a text.. and this is 1 key stroke with my > patch, > with one finger. no need to use ctrl-a /ctrl-e > >> but that I know how to do it: ctrl-A and at the end Ctrl-e. >> Cut a line Ctrl-K…. >> >> So ... >> > so try format the attached. and you will see a difference > >> Stef >> >> >> On Mar 12, 2012, at 3:58 AM, Igor Stasenko wrote: >> >>> On 12 March 2012 03:50, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> sorry for not explaining the feature properly.. >>>> >>>> I just wanna ask, what do you think, it we're going to integrate that: >>>> a) should it be optional or we can use it by default? >>>> b) if it is optional, what is default setting on/off? >>>> >>>> I vote for (a).. Because: >>> ^^^ >>> a) as not-optional :) >>> >>>> What i finding hard is imagining situation, where old behavior will be >>>> less time consuming/more appropriate. >>>> Can anyone can come up with cons arguments? >>>> >>>> While is important to fully control each whitespace character(s) >>>> separately, when you editing/typing text (as in languages like Python >>>> they even make it part of syntax... (what a stupid idea.. can't resist >>>> sorry)), for navigating the text an importance of stepping over every >>>> whitespace character seems to be leaning to zero.. (well, at least in >>>> my eyes). >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Igor Stasenko. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Igor Stasenko. >>> >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > <ContextPart-doPrimitivemethodreceiverargs.st>
