From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>, 27932@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27932: 26.0.50; Feature request: prevent scroll commands from changing the buffer location of point
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:56:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <598363D6.4000904@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8Pv0hW7a3eJa5bBwx6LHVS2joUtB_yHwQizj4CN50x-OU74Q@mail.gmail.com>
> I'd like to be able to configure Emacs so that scroll commands _never_
> move point (cursor) from its _buffer_ location.
>
> That could lead to situations where the point/cursor is not visible
> (it is out of the visible portion of text). In that situations, any
> command which moves the cursor/point (e.g. C-f) or changes buffer text
> should trigger an auto-scroll to get the point/cursor back to the
> visible area (window), preserving its _buffer_ location.
>
> That feature could be enabled by giving some special value (e.g.
> 'never) to the variable "scroll-preserve-screen-position".
>
> I don't know how complex is that to implement, but I think some users
> may like it.
‘scroll-restore-mode’ in ELPA should "in principle" emulate that. But
it has its quirks.
martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-03 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-03 13:34 bug#27932: 26.0.50; Feature request: prevent scroll commands from changing the buffer location of point Dani Moncayo
2017-08-03 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <CAH8Pv0gjYZZAfciNTaqKcj37C51dSdJOzD+4AZFFY2wjOu6Fgg@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <83ini3yi49.fsf@gnu.org>
2017-08-04 6:34 ` Dani Moncayo
2017-08-04 21:36 ` Richard Stallman
2017-08-05 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-05 20:19 ` Richard Stallman
2017-08-06 17:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-06 21:00 ` Dani Moncayo
2017-08-07 2:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-07 5:54 ` Dani Moncayo
2017-08-07 12:32 ` Tak Kunihiro
2017-08-07 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-07 21:09 ` Dani Moncayo
2017-08-03 17:56 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2017-08-03 23:16 ` Tak Kunihiro
2017-08-04 6:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-04 6:39 ` Tak Kunihiro
2017-08-04 8:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-04 10:33 ` Tak Kunihiro
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