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23.0.94; With long lines next-line sometimes loses the column

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Message #12 received at 3386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Rommerskirchen\,
	Heinrich \(NSN - DE\/Munich\)" <heinrich.rommerskirchen <at> nsn.com>
Cc: 3386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.94; With long lines next-line sometimes loses the column
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:49:11 +0200

"Rommerskirchen, Heinrich (NSN - DE/Munich)"
<heinrich.rommerskirchen <at> nsn.com> writes:

> If lines are longer than the window, emacs forgets sometimes which is
> the correct column. To trigger this bug do the following:
>
> Create a file, say 'tmp.lst', with the following content:
>  Lines 1, 2 and 4: 200 dots, '.'
>  Line 3: empty
> Start Emacs: 'emacs -Q'
> Open the file 'tmp.lst'
> "M-x set-variable" "truncate-lines" "t"
> C-e
> 3 times 'next-line'
> you end up in the middle of the fourth line instead of at its end

This was recently fixed in Emacs 24 by Eli Zaretskii.

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