Moving to beginning of line

Wed, Jul 30, 2008 9:45 AM #

Hi,

Regarding the following change in R.app version 1.25 (5166):

Last-update: 2008-06-16 [SU]
*    fix moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection: (<Cmd><Shift><Left>)
    to behave as expected; implement deleteToBeginningOfLine:
    Note that *BeginningOfLine*: is still implemented the same as
    *BeginningOfParagraph*: which may lead to some confusion when
    working with multi-line commands (but this was always the case).

I can't seem to get my cursor to move to the beginning of the line anymore.
When I do <Cmd><Left>, the cursor just sits there at the right (or in the
middle) of the line, it doesn't move.

In version 1.24 <Cmd><Left> was already broken and did nothing, but I could
work around it by doing <Cmd><Shift><Left> and then <Left>.  Unfortunately
this doesn't work anymore.  Now the first action does correctly highlight
the part of the line to the left of the cursor, but <Left> does nothing.
<Right> puts my cursor back where it was before <Cmd><Shift><Left>.

Looks like a workaround is the Emacs keystroke <Cmd>-a.

Ken Williams
Research Scientist
The Thomson Reuters Corporation
Eagan, MN

Ben Tupper

Thu, Jul 31, 2008 6:27 AM #

On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Ken Williams wrote:

Hello,

I am not sure this resolves the issue you have identified, but I find  
that <Ctl><Left> moves the cursor to the beginning of the line using  
R.app 2.7.1 GUI 1.25 (5166).  I find this works on other text  
editors, too, such as SubEthaEdit and TextEdit.  However, the more  
familiar <Cmd><Left> also moves the cursor to the beginning of the  
line in those editors.

Cheers,
Ben

Ben Tupper
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science
180 McKown Point Road
POB 475
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575