From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scroll-lock-mode and goal-column Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214761905 6867 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2008 17:51:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ralf Angeli Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 29 19:52:30 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KD14f-0002Lw-6u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:52:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56742 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KD13o-0001eU-WE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KD13i-0001Z2-OV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KD13g-0001V7-JJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35285 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KD13g-0001Uf-Cv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:28 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:10727 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KD13f-0003Rj-NQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:27 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjQFAKJoZ0hFxIdG/2dsb2JhbACBW6xlgXo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,723,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="23740798" Original-Received: from 69-196-135-70.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.135.70]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 29 Jun 2008 13:51:26 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 85474835A; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Ralf Angeli's message of "Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:33:51 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:100144 Archived-At: > For example if you open the info dir with `C-h i d', activate Scroll > Lock mode, move point down a bit into the introductory blurb, then move > it to column 30 and scroll down line by line with `C-n', point will > sometimes stick to column 0 even though there is text to the right where > it can be moved to. Most likely, `last-command' is not among '(scroll-up scroll-down) so the C code doesn't understand that it should preserve the column position from before the last command. > Also, it will not jump back to column 30, once it > does, but to column 26. Sounds very strange, indeed. But Info buffers have funny contents, so maybe you were in column 0 on a big display-property space that spanned columns from 0 to 26? Stefan