From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: recenter-top-bottom
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:15:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hcjr1u6o.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BNELLINCGFJLDJIKDGACIEMACEAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:50:45 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> So I think your first suggestion is better, and I am still thinking
>> of maybe installing it. If people are very enthusiastic about
>> your second suggestion, I will say yes to it.
>
> Just to make it easier for people who might want to try both and compare,
> here again are the two definitions. Each is a possible alternative binding
> for `C-l'. (I've added the `scroll-conservatively' feature to #1, as well as
> #2.)
Thanks for summing up.
Another problem with #2 is this: if the window height is 60 and the
point is at 19, people might not be *sure* that the point is in the
first third of the window. Pressing C-l will then put the point at the
bottom, while there were expecting it to jump on the top. Note that in
this case, C-l will do the exact *opposite* of what they want, which is
not only surprising, but rather disappointing!
Relying on the fact that user is able to spot the position of the point
very precisely is not a good thing, especially for large windows, and
especially when the point is between two thirds, where it is the more
difficult to evaluate the position visually.
In fact, I often use C-l to spare me the cost of being sure where the
point is.
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-12 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-07 13:16 recenter-top-bottom Alan Mackenzie_JWA
2007-11-07 14:09 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-08 4:42 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-11-11 20:16 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-11 21:47 ` recenter-top-bottom Juri Linkov
2007-11-11 22:38 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-11 22:59 ` recenter-top-bottom Juri Linkov
2007-11-11 23:06 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-12 0:12 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-11 23:56 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-12 4:56 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-12 8:33 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-12 13:01 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-12 13:06 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-12 12:06 ` recenter-top-bottom Robert J. Chassell
2007-11-12 13:05 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-12 5:59 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-11-12 7:17 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-12 8:34 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-12 8:50 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-12 13:15 ` Bastien [this message]
2007-11-12 21:57 ` recenter-top-bottom Juri Linkov
2007-11-12 23:00 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-13 13:35 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-13 5:10 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-11-14 21:57 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-14 22:07 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-14 22:51 ` recenter-top-bottom Bastien
2007-11-14 23:51 ` recenter-top-bottom Juri Linkov
2007-11-15 0:23 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-15 0:58 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-15 8:36 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-15 13:07 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-11-15 15:16 ` recenter-top-bottom Stefan Monnier
2007-11-15 15:52 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-16 4:29 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-11-16 18:51 ` recenter-top-bottom Stefan Monnier
2007-12-01 13:55 ` recenter-top-bottom Johan Bockgård
2007-12-01 14:28 ` recenter-top-bottom Leo
2007-12-01 15:48 ` recenter-top-bottom Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-01 18:33 ` recenter-top-bottom Leo
2007-12-01 21:07 ` recenter-top-bottom Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-01 23:41 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-12-01 16:22 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-12-01 23:41 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-12-02 0:48 ` scroll-conservatively default (was: Re: recenter-top-bottom) Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-02 1:21 ` scroll-conservatively default Johan Bockgård
2007-12-02 3:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-02 4:52 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-03 21:20 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-04 4:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-04 7:25 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-04 21:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-05 4:29 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-05 2:57 ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-05 4:32 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-04 9:28 ` Leo
2007-12-04 21:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-06 7:49 ` Miles Bader
2007-12-06 11:10 ` David Kastrup
2007-12-06 11:36 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-12-06 21:43 ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-07 9:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-12-06 21:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-12-06 22:13 ` David Kastrup
2007-12-07 3:01 ` Miles Bader
2007-12-02 0:47 ` recenter-top-bottom Johan Bockgård
2007-12-02 4:53 ` recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
[not found] <OF7E920891.667E3D64-ONC125738C.0058D24D-C125738C.00587C7B@philips.com>
2007-11-07 17:24 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-07 20:44 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-07 21:54 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-08 17:39 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-06 16:53 recenter-top-bottom Drew Adams
2007-11-06 17:02 ` recenter-top-bottom Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-07 7:55 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
2007-11-07 9:25 ` recenter-top-bottom Tassilo Horn
2007-11-08 0:41 ` recenter-top-bottom Juri Linkov
2007-11-11 8:27 ` recenter-top-bottom Alan Mackenzie
2007-11-11 23:54 ` recenter-top-bottom Richard Stallman
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