Perhaps you can repost your example, between pre and /pre tags?
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Paul,
sorry you couldn't see the proper formatting. I repost the formula with the
tags inside the formula, so it should be clear
A \frac{1}{2} B + C \left(1+1\right) D = 2.5 E
I can say that I have exactly the same behavior you describe, in any place.
In fact, I also use the cua bind, plus a bunch of personal bindings which,
however, are not related to moving actions.
It seems to me that there is some consensus about the fact that
moving/selecting could be improved.
Here is what I think. The guidelines should be as follows:
Moving:
left/right arrow: moves to the previous/next character
ctrl+arrow: moves to the previous/next word
ctrl+home/end: moves to the begging/end of the line
up/down arrow: moves to the previous/next line
Selecting:
shitf+arrow: selects from current position to the previous/next character
shift+ctrl+arrow: selects from current position to the previous/next word
shift+ctrl+home/end: selects from current position to the begging/end of
the line
shitf+up/down arrow: selects from current position to the previous/next line
This is actually what really happens when you are in a pure text paragraph.
The problem is how to interpret this inside a formula. I do realize that a
formula has a much more complex structure and syntax than a text paragraph,
yet what happens now is (to me) quite disconnected from what happens inside
a text paragraph and I get very confused when I select inside a formula.
My suggestion is as follows.
Let me put a few more tags:
A \frac{ AA 1 AB }{ 2 } B + C \left( CA 1 CB + CD 1 CE \right) D = 2.5 E
Moving with (right) arrow is consistent: you go from A to AA then to AB or
from C to CA then to CB, CD and CE.
Selecting with arrows should be something close to this. That is, selecting
the smallest chunk of code possible.
At present, selecting with arrows has a complete different behavior
depending where you are:
- if you are in CA it selects CA-CB (ok)
- if you are in C it selects C-D (why? not ok for me)
Ctrl+arrow and shift+ctrl+arrow are inconsistent:
what happens now is that:
- if you are in CA with ctrl+right you go in CE (ok)
- if you are in C with ctrl+right you go in E (not ok)
and the same when selecting.
What I think it should happen is:
- if you are in CA with ctrl+right you go in CE (ok)
- if you are in C with ctrl+right you go in D (a movement that I cannot
perform with any combination)
and when selecting:
- if you are in CA with shit+ctrl+right you select CA-CE (ok)
- if you are in C with shift+ctrl+right you select C-D (that is, the same
action that at present is performed by shift+right)
Note also that at present Home and ctrl+right arrow behave _exactly_ the
same (and the same for the shifted version): this is a waste of resource in
my opinion and even a bit confusing.
I hope to have explained myself clearly (and not have bored you...)
