doc-view.el -- switching pages without having to scroll up again

doc-view.el -- switching pages without having to scroll up again

[Andreas Marschke]

Hi! 

For some time I used doc-view for reading PDFs and reading
documentation (like the emacs-intro.pdf). But when I have the document
on a reasonable, readable zoom level and scroll through page by page
reading it I have this workflow at the moment:
 - read page 
 - scroll down a few times to get the last lines, too
 - press PgDown to get to the new page
 - scroll up to the top of the page to keep going on reading it

The last part (scrolling up again) is an annoyance when enjoying an
otherwise good read. I made a IMHO pathetic patch like this: 
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--- doc-view.el	2011-02-04 04:42:51.000000000 +0100
+++ doc-view-top-fix.el	2010-05-20 13:06:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@
                                       (with-selected-window win
                                         (doc-view-goto-page page))))))))
     (overlay-put (doc-view-current-overlay)
-                 'help-echo (doc-view-current-info))))
+                 'help-echo (doc-view-current-info)))
+  (image-bob))
 
 (defun doc-view-next-page (&optional arg)
   "Browse ARG pages forward."
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I know this is evil especially with the search and all but I would
love if anyone would recommend a better way to fix this.

-- 
Cheers,

Andreas Marschke

Re: doc-view.el -- switching pages without having to scroll up again

[Tassilo Horn]

Andreas Marschke <xxtjaxx@googlemail.com> writes:

Hi Andreas,

> For some time I used doc-view for reading PDFs and reading
> documentation (like the emacs-intro.pdf). But when I have the document
> on a reasonable, readable zoom level and scroll through page by page
> reading it I have this workflow at the moment:
>  - read page 
>  - scroll down a few times to get the last lines, too
>  - press PgDown to get to the new page
>  - scroll up to the top of the page to keep going on reading it

You should change your workflow. ;-)

Simply use SPC and DEL for scrolling up and down.  These commands will
switch to the top of the next/bottom of the previous page when
appropriately.

Bye,
Tassilo