From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Down arrow key skips lines when window too short Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:18:02 +0200 Message-ID: <83sj40k2x1.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363105113 27392 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2013 16:18:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:18:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 12 17:18:59 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UFRuf-0007AR-Fj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:18:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34350 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFRuI-0004Oy-Vc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:18:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39262) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFRu4-0004OV-RH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:18:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFRtz-0005Qw-SV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:59559) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFRtz-0005Qs-LP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:18:11 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MJK00D002638W00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:18:06 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MJK00BOS2M6CSA1@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:18:06 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89490 Archived-At: > From: Peter Dyballa > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:04:35 +0100 > Cc: Emacs Help > > > When I use Emacs in full screen mode, the Down arrow key works just fine > > for navigating down a source code buffer. But when the window gets too > > short (e.g., C-x 2), then pressing Down begins to skip "paragraphs" of > > code, making it hard to edit the desired line. > > > > This behavior occurs for the Down arrow key, `C-n`, and `M-x next-line`, as > > well as for the reverse functions Up, `C-l`, and `M-x previous-line`. > > The reason for this is a user-friendly behaviour: near the vertical ends of the buffer performs some jump-scroll to instantly show more of the hidden buffer contents. But even then it shouldn't move by paragraphs. So it's either a bug or some of the OP's customizations request that.