[emacs-berlin] Cursor move mode changed

Andreas Röhler andreas.roehler at easy-emacs.de
Tue Jul 29 19:39:10 UTC 2025


Am 28.07.25 um 15:32 schrieb Diez B. Roggisch:
> Hey folks,
>
> I need a bit of collective Emacs insight here: when I move the the cursor with eg C-p, I often rely on a behavior where if I’m at the end of the line, emacs moves always at the end of lines by itself, instead of trying to stay in the column.
>
> And that’s greats. It’s what I’ve come to rely on.
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> However every now and then something (me probably pressing some keys that trigger it, don’t know which though) that stops this, and instead movement become column-based.

What does M-x describe-key ... tell?

At my system, Emacs remembers the column, where the vertical movement 
started. At every non-empty line, it reaches that column.

But that's not Emacs -Q ...


Best,

Andreas

>
> Does anybody recognize this and has insights into what I’m changing? Right now I literally quit and reopen…
>
> Diez
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