cantrell@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Keith Cantrell) (03/12/89)
In article <7494@killer.Dallas.TX.US> cantrell@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Keith Cantrell) writes: >A vi feature I miss is the way vi keep track of where the cursor is >as you move up and down lines. In vi if I am on column 30 and move >to a line that only has 10 character on it, the cursor goes to the >end of the line, but when I get to a line that has more than 30 >characters on it, the cursor will go back to column 30. Emacs >on the other hand will either, stay at column 10 and eventually >go to the beginning of the line when I hit on empty line and stay >there, or I can set some variable to make it track the end of the line, >but that's not what I want. Has anybody every hacked the >sources to change this? > I guess my version of emacs (GNUEMACS VERSION 18.52) is broke. I have checked the variables "goal-column" and "track-eol" and they are both nil, but the cursor still does not do what I want it to. The version I have runs on an Apollo so I guess I need to ask Leonard N. Zubkoff to see if he knows what the problem since it appears to be only happening to me. Type at you later, Keith ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Cantrell Phones: hm: 214-492-1088 Integrated Telecom wk: 214-234-3340 USMAIL: EMAIL: 2100 Sonata Ln cantrell@killer.DALLAS.TX.US Carrollton TX 75007 or ...!uunet!{killer | texsun | letni}!dalitc!keith -----------------------------------------------------------------------