GNU bug report logs - #3438
emacs 23.0.9{,3,4} dired mode bug(?)

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 3438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        "T.V. Raman" <tv.raman.tv <at> gmail.com>,
        Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
        "Andrew W. Nosenko" <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org,
        ishikawa <chiaki.ishikawa <at> ubin.jp>, ams <at> gnu.org, stephen <at> xemacs.org,
        eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#3438: please make line-move-visual nil
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:56:13 +0200

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:
>> > I proposed making the variable always buffer-local. If you
>> > don't want to do that, then yes, each mode for which nil
>> > is appropriate would need to do that.
>>
>> I think this is a global feature. Making it buffer local by default is
>> probably not the best then.
>
> Why? No reason given.

Yes, I think so. In the next sentence. It is a behaviour that is
expected to be the same in most buffers for at least most new users.
It is on the same level as a key binding.

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