Subject: bug#73703: closed (Re: bug#73703: Where to place the cursor in when the differentiation is at front)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 01:39:03 +0000

Your bug report

#73703: Where to place the cursor in when the differentiation is at front

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#73703: Where to place the cursor in when the differentiation is at front
From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
To: Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:38:32 -0800
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:

> Here it would seem better to put the cursor at the beginning of
> "/Makefile", not the end of it,
>
> x
>
> That way the user wouldn't need to do C-a before entering the
> differentiating character.

I think that would be pretty confusing.  It's better to stay consistent,
or users will be even more surprised.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.

Subject: Where to place the cursor in when the differentiation is at front
From: Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:21:37 +0800
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Here it would seem better to put the cursor at the beginning of
"/Makefile", not the end of it,
That way the user wouldn't need to do C-a before entering the
differentiating character.