Re: cursor movement question

[xraysmalevich]

On Jul 16, 10:45 am, aspirinjunky <dokag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> is there a way to move the cursor straight up or down regardless of
> whether or not the previous or next line extends to that point, rather
> than having the cursor jump to the end of the line if it is shorter?
>
> This probably sounds trivial, but it was a nice feature in brief
> because it made it was easier on "these old eyes", as well as when
> trying to line up columns when making rectangles.
>
> thanks,
>
> d...

some more discussions (and possible solutions) at
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.emacs/browse_thread/thread/082ec22d28c7839d/fba3f7001019ad66