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CloudStrife wrote:
> When i scroll in emacs 21.2.1 it scrolls such that the line at the
> bottom is present in the middle, in the next screen. I donot know what
> options to change.
> this happens when i use Ctrl-n or arrow keys.
> the same is the prob wid scroll up.
> Is there a soln to this?
> 

CloudStrife,

This behaviour is called "jump scroll". It can be disabled by
inserting into your .emacs file
(setq scroll-step 1)

However, on XEmacs, I still get jump-scrolling sometimes,
normally after scrolling a large number of single lines.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller


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