Sorry, I have to add a reproduction step: turn on M-x visual-line-mode. Anyway, it's not an Org bug. Reported upstream: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=72420
Martin Edstrom On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:52:55 +0200 (CEST), "Martin Edström" <meedst...@runbox.eu> wrote: > Hello, pinging back on two old emails that seem related: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-01/msg00030.html > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00654.html > > A bug that can be reproduced on Emacs -Q: > > - Open an org file that has subtrees at various levels > - Do M-x org-indent-mode RET > - Go forward a few chars inside a line, then do M-x set-goal-column RET RET > - Now move up and down lines. You'll see that it does not stick to any > sensible "goal column". > > I myself rely on this technique (set-goal-column), for example to edit the > start of each list item in a list, without having to navigate to beginning of > line again on each item. But it only works if there are no headings (or > org-indent-mode is disabled).
