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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    [Bug 165439] maintain the X position when deleting a line
From:       Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins () wp ! pl>
Date:       2008-06-30 18:48:23
Message-ID: 20080630184823.12965.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From bluedzins wp pl  2008-06-30 20:48 -------
> How can you delete a line without moving the caret at the end or at the
> begin of the line?

? I cannot see problem here -- you delete line. Is the same as asking how it is \
possible to move one line down, without changing X pos.

> anyway, when you delete a line, what should be the purpose to don't have the
> caret at the begin of that line? 

a) because user is focused on that point (on the screen)
b) with long lines this causes scrolling of entire area, so after deleting line you \
no longer even see where you where (not mentioning distraction -- see (a)) c) because \
it is easier for user to get to column 0 if she/he likes,  much harder is to get back \
to X pos where she/he was -- as I said before, computer should not do trivial tasks, \
but hard ones, if user likes to do extra trivial task it simply takes pressing home

ad.c) try it yourself -- write 200 characters long lines (5 of them), put the caret \
randomly, column 100 to 200, delete line, restore (_manually_) the position \
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