[BRLTTY] Next and previous console commands lose position
Nicolas Pitre
nico at fluxnic.net
Fri Oct 14 14:31:37 EDT 2011
On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
> For example, if I'm on line 5 of console 2 and use the keyboard
> commands Alt plus right arrow, Alt plus left arrow, I'm back on line
> 5. But if I use the Alva BC640's Next and Previous console commands
> I'm back on console 2 but at the cursor position instead of line 5.
>
> If this was a design decision then changing it constitutes an
> incompatible change needing careful consideration and perhaps a change
> in the documentation. But if it's inadvertent it might not be too hard
> to adjust.
>
> What do people think?
I think this should be fixed. Automatically moving to the cursor is
highly inconvenient (unless cursor tracking is on and the cursor moved
that is).
Nicolas
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