Re: [ jEdit-users ] Feature requests?

[Oliver R. <ol...@ru...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Burns" <jf...@ro...>
To: <jed...@li...>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Feature requests?


> Hi Josh,
> 
> On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 09:07, Josh McDonald wrote:
> > Is this the place for feature requests? If so, I have two (probably
> small) requests:
> > 
> > 1 - Every time the "smart" home / end key sends me off my current line
> i want to kill myself, it destroys my train of thought so badly. PLEASE
> put the option back in to turn it off, i can't stress how much I loathe
> that behaviour.
> >
> 
> I think this qualifies as a bug. First press sends cursor to the first
> non-whitespace character. The second press sends the cursor to the
> beginning of the line. The third press sends the cursor to the beginning
> of the fourth line from the top of the screen. This appears to be as far
> back in the text the cursor can jump without causing the display to
> scroll. And I too cannot find the option to turn it off (jEdit4.1pre4).
> 
> Can somebody confirm that this problem exists in pre5?

In jEdit from CVS (pre5+), 'HOME' is bound to the 'Smart Home' action
which behaves as you described. Try re-assigning HOME to some other
action, such as 'Goto Start of Line'. This can be done in the 'shortcuts'
pane in Global Options.

-Ollie