[TxMt] Re: Option to allow cursor to be placed in the void

Hans-Joerg Bibiko bibiko at eva.mpg.de
Thu Jul 10 06:42:19 UTC 2008


On 10 Jul 2008, at 08:15, Tim Harper wrote:

> I don't know what I did, or how I did it, but somehow TextMate places
> the cursor, by default, out in the void, where there are no tabs,
> spaces, or characters.
>
> For example: I'm on line 1, column 80.  Line 2 has 5 characters.  I
> press down.  I'm on line 2, column 80.  I type the letter 'a'.  74
> spaces are inserted up to column 80, then the character 'a' is  
> inserted.
>
> How do I switch this behavior back, so that pressing down brings me to
> the end of the line, but not out in the void?

Please check whether you selected Edit > Mode > Freehand Editing.

If so, unselect it.

--Hans



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