Andy Wokula wrote:
> Am 13.03.2017 um 21:00 schrieb Ben Fritz:
> > On Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 10:33:06 AM UTC-5, Bram Moolenaar
> > wrote:
> >> Someone noticed that although $ takes a count to go down (count -
> >> 1) lines, the ^ does not. Since currently the count is ignored, we
> >> could make it used to go (count - 1) lines up.
> >>
> >> Would this break anything?
> >>
> >
> > We currently have _ and g_ that are similar to ^ and $, except that ^
> > doesn't take a count.
> >
> > _ goes downward or stays on the same line. To move up, you can use -,
> > which always goes up, it won't stay on the same line.
> >
> > It would make more sense for me if ^ went downward rather than upward
> > when given a count. This would be consistent with existing commands.
> > But I won't be extremely disappointed if it goes upward instead, it
> > would just be one more oddity in an editor full of such quirks. :-)
>
> I'd vote for [count]^ going to the [count]th character in the line.
> (We can easily go to the [count]th screen column and to the [count]th
> byte, but not yet to the [count]th character, unless I'm missing
> something).
You can already use 3| to go to the third screen position. Only with
double-wide characters you would see a difference with character count.
Anyway, the most important aspect of ^ is that it goes to the first
non-blank character. Adding a count, similar to what that does to $,
should move lines up or down. Perhaps going down is better than going
up, but moving horizontally goes against logic.
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