glts wrote:
> Requesting comments on unexpected setpos() behaviour; possibly a bug.
> Consider this buffer:
>
> First line example text
> Second line, tab character in front
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> * Put the cursor on the "t" of the word "First"
> * Place the cursor on virtual column 8 of line 2 with setpos():
> :call setpos('.', [0, 2, 1, 7])
> * Press k to move back up one line
>
> As you can see, the cursor lands back on the "t" of "First". This is
> unexpected: It should either land on the "i" of "line", or on the "F" of
> first, depending on whether the offset 7 in setpos() is taken into
> account.
>
> Note that it doesn't matter whether 'virtualedit' is set to "all" or
> not.
This is documented:
This does not restore the preferred column for moving
vertically. See |winrestview()| for that.
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