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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 13791@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13791: 24.3.50; scroll-margin docstring says "recenter"
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:08:35 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5128BF53.80402@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83hal3l4ez.fsf@gnu.org>

On 23.02.2013 14:18, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> That's not entirely accurate. Depending on the value of
>> `scroll-conservatively', the window may get scrolled instead.
>
> That's true.  However, how to describe this in a manner that will not
> confuse the reader is less clear.  "Recenter or scroll" is not very
> useful, IMO, as it doesn't say which will happen.  Suggestions are
> welcome.

How about the following?

"""
Recenter or scroll the window whenever point gets within this many lines 
of the top or bottom of the window.

If the value of `scroll-conservatively' is positive, the window is 
scrolled, otherwise it's recentered.
"""

Adjust for actual behavior.





  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-23 13:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-23  0:21 bug#13791: 24.3.50; scroll-margin docstring says "recenter" Dmitry Gutov
2013-02-23 10:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-23 13:08   ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2013-02-23 14:50     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-23 18:08       ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-02-23 18:47         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-23 19:19           ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-02-23 20:19             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-29 23:28   ` Noam Postavsky
2018-01-30 13:56     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-31  3:42       ` Noam Postavsky

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