From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: scroll buffer so that current line becomes first visible line
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:28:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8763gugjet.fsf@kobe.laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.5917.1240539505.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:18:20 -0500, Will Willis <will.willis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, Is there a command/key binding to scroll my buffer so that the
> current line (the one with my cursor) becomes the first visible line
> in the window. This is akin to C-l, but instead of centering to the
> point, sticking the current line at the top of the window. I'm _not_
> looking to move the point to the first line (M-0 M-r).
>
> I'm not sure how this would work for shorter files, say only a few
> lines long, would a buffer who's length is shorter than the window
> height be able to scroll?
`C-l' works with a prefix too, so you can type `C-u 0 C-l' to redisplay
the buffer with the current line on top, or `C-u 30 C-l' to redisplay
everything and move the current line at line 30.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-24 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.5917.1240539505.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-04-24 8:35 ` scroll buffer so that current line becomes first visible line Tim X
2009-04-24 11:17 ` Will Willis
2009-04-24 14:01 ` Drew Adams
2009-04-24 15:28 ` Giorgos Keramidas [this message]
2009-04-24 2:18 Will Willis
2009-04-24 2:49 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2009-04-24 8:38 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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