From: Al Petrofsky <al@petrofsky.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 64139@debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Subject: bug#64139: 28.2; Scrolling problems in miniwindow
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 05:07:52 -0400 [thread overview]
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> > > I'm seeing some weird scrolling bugs in the miniwindow when the
> > > minibuffer contains more lines than the window. I think these
> > > problems exist on ttys and graphical terminals of all sizes, but for
> > > ease of reproducibility use an 80x24 tty.
> > >
> > > emacs-28.2 -Q -nw
> > > M-: C-@ C-x ( C-x C-k TAB C-q C-j C-u 9 9 C-x e C-x C-x C-v
> > >
> > > The C-v, instead of scrolling a few lines, scrolls all the way down to
> > > line 97.
> >
> > I tried to use this recipe, but it produces weird results, and I don't
> > see what you describe. Would you like to show an easier to understand
> > recipe, or describe what should be in the min-window as result of the
> > recipe? And what exactly are your expectations from C-v/M-v in this
> > case?
>
> After the C-x e, the minibuffer contains 100 lines, each with a number
> "0" to "99". After the C-x C-x, the miniwindow contents are, as
> expected, this:
>
> Eval: 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
>
> After the C-v, I expect to see this:
>
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 6
> 7
>
> Instead I see this:
>
> 96
> 97 [cursor is at start of this line]
> 98
> 99
> [empty line]
>
> > I tried this:
> >
> > M-x C-u 99 C-q C-j M-<
> >
> > after that, C-v scrolls the mini-window as expected, so that I get to
> > the end in 13 C-v keypresses. Which looks reasonable to me.
>
> I don't think 13 is right. The miniwindow is only 5 lines (if tty is
> 80x24), so C-v should only be scrolling 3 lines at a time.
>
> Try this:
>
> M-x C-@ C-u 9 9 C-q C-j C-x C-x C-v C-v C-v C-v
>
> I get "scroll-up-command: End of buffer" on only the fourth C-v.
>
> > > Also, if you now repeatedly M-v, the buffer will just scroll up and
> > > down three lines. When I use a large X frame, repeated M-v will
> > > scroll up to the top of the buffer, but then glitch and cycle around
> > > back to the bottom.
>
> (By "scroll up" there I meant the window contents scroll down,
> i.e. the thing the PC keyboard key labeled "Page Up" does, which Emacs
> calls scroll-down.)
>
> > M-v in the minibuffer is bound to switch-to-completions, so I'm unsure
> > what you expected here.
>
> M-: doesn't do completion (although you can complete symbols within
> the expression with C-M-i), and leaves M-v bound to
> scroll-down-command.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-18 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-18 0:26 bug#64139: 28.2; Scrolling problems in miniwindow Al Petrofsky
2023-06-18 7:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-18 9:07 ` Al Petrofsky [this message]
2023-06-19 22:33 ` Al Petrofsky
2023-06-21 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-19 17:20 ` Juri Linkov
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