Re: [PATCH] possible new feature: Alt+Left and Alt+Right scroll a tabsize sideways

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:21:20 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.nano.devel
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Op 08-03-2026 om 12:41 schreef Benno Schulenberg:
> Whenever there is now an overlong line onscreen, I feel the urge to tap
> <Alt+Right> a few times to see what it is currently hidden offscreen.
> So, humor this urge and make <Alt+Left> and <Alt+Right> scroll sideways.
> 
> This will inconvenience users (like myself) who have become accustomed
> to using <Alt+Left> and <Alt+Right> for switching between buffers, [...]

The inconvenience is too big: I can't get used to it -- apparently I switch
between buffers far more often than that I need to scroll sideways.

So I've assigned the sideways-scrolling functions to M-< and M->:

   https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/commit/?id=6aa0f3ba

Is there anyone who actually uses M-< and M-> for switching between buffers
(instead of Alt+Left and Alt+Right, or M-, and M-.)?


Benno

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