# HG changeset patch
# User Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
# Date 762502762 0
# Node ID 121ee28dbda066d71a7b9a89a63d72719b0052d0
# Parent  9e150a376c326d853b9c8c3bdb23df5f57cf5ed4
(picture-forward-column, picture-backward-column): Allow backward motion
across multi-column characters.

diff -r 9e150a376c32 -r 121ee28dbda0 lisp/textmodes/picture.el
--- a/lisp/textmodes/picture.el	Tue Mar 01 04:54:43 1994 +0000
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/picture.el	Tue Mar 01 06:19:22 1994 +0000
@@ -76,13 +76,19 @@
   "Move cursor right, making whitespace if necessary.
 With argument, move that many columns."
   (interactive "p")
-  (move-to-column-force (+ (current-column) arg)))
+  (let ((target-column (+ (current-column) arg)))
+    (move-to-column-force target-column)
+    ;; Picture mode isn't really suited to multi-column characters,
+    ;; but we might as well let the user move across them.
+    (and (< arg 0)
+	 (> (current-column) target-column)
+	 (forward-char -1))))
 
 (defun picture-backward-column (arg)
   "Move cursor left, making whitespace if necessary.
 With argument, move that many columns."
   (interactive "p")
-  (move-to-column-force (- (current-column) arg)))
+  (picture-forward-column (- arg)))
 
 (defun picture-move-down (arg)
   "Move vertically down, making whitespace if necessary.