bug#29325: 26.0.90: Info scrolling stuck

[charles@aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)]

> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:38:26 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> > > try_to_scroll looks like this:
> > 
> > I suspect we shouldn't go there in this case.
> 
> Actually, I think this code is not supposed to run in the case you
> describe, i.e. when the user invokes a scrolling command.  So I think
> the root cause is elsewhere.  Does the patch below fix the problem?
> 
> diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
> index 7f47252..504dcd3 100644
> --- a/src/window.c
> +++ b/src/window.c
> @@ -5355,6 +5355,9 @@ window_scroll_pixel_based (Lisp_Object window, int n, bool whole, bool noerror)
>        /* We moved the window start towards BEGV, so PT may be now
>  	 in the scroll margin at the bottom.  */
>        move_it_to (&it, PT, -1,
> +		  /* We subtract WINDOW_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT because
> +		     it.y is relative to the bottom of the header
> +		     line, see above.  */
>  		  (it.last_visible_y - WINDOW_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT (w)
>                     - partial_line_height (&it) - this_scroll_margin - 1),
>  		  -1,
> @@ -5392,11 +5395,14 @@ window_scroll_pixel_based (Lisp_Object window, int n, bool whole, bool noerror)
>  
>        /* See if point is on a partially visible line at the end.  */
>        if (it.what == IT_EOB)
> -	partial_p = it.current_y + it.ascent + it.descent > it.last_visible_y;
> +	partial_p =
> +	  it.current_y + it.ascent + it.descent
> +	  > it.last_visible_y - WINDOW_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT (w);
>        else
>  	{
>  	  move_it_by_lines (&it, 1);
> -	  partial_p = it.current_y > it.last_visible_y;
> +	  partial_p =
> +	    it.current_y > it.last_visible_y - WINDOW_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT (w);
>  	}
>  
>        if (charpos == PT && !partial_p
> @@ -5415,7 +5421,7 @@ window_scroll_pixel_based (Lisp_Object window, int n, bool whole, bool noerror)
>  	    goal_y = this_scroll_margin;
>  	  SET_TEXT_POS_FROM_MARKER (start, w->start);
>  	  start_display (&it, w, start);
> -	  /* It would be wrong to subtract CURRENT_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT
> +	  /* It would be wrong to subtract WINDOW_HEADER_LINE_HEIGHT
>  	     here because we called start_display again and did not
>  	     alter it.current_y this time.  */
>  	  move_it_to (&it, -1, window_scroll_pixel_based_preserve_x,

It certainly does on macOS, and I will test on GNU/Linux tomorrow.
Thanks a lot.