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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: andre.riemann@web.de, 'Emacs-Devel devel' <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: scroll-margin - does it work as advertized?
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:37:45 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvskmf5qou.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001301c98fac$1758eb20$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:29:23 -0800")

> I've read the doc (Emacs and Elisp manuals, and doc string) for
> `scroll-margin', and what I understand from that doc doesn't seem to
> correspond to the behavior I see.  If others don't think there is
> a bug, then perhaps someone can help me understand better how this
> option works.

I don't have time to dig into it, but IIUC this part of the code has
historically been difficult to implement correctly (as well as to figure
out the detailed meaning of each such option and how it should interact
with others).

So, my money's on the "bug" or "misfeature" explanation.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-15 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-15 20:29 scroll-margin - does it work as advertized? Drew Adams
2009-02-15 21:37 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-02-15 21:51   ` Drew Adams

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