From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Down arrow key skips lines when window too short Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:04:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363082700 22324 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2013 10:05:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Help To: Andrew Pennebaker Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 12 11:05:21 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 1UFM5A-00005S-SB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:05:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57182 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFM4o-0000Up-He for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFM4c-0000Uk-6z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFM4V-0004Su-MI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.12]:63046) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFM4V-0004SR-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:39 -0400 Original-Received: from sumac.fritz.box ([95.223.148.182]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb001) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0M2unu-1V4IEM0ebm-00sicx; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:04:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:soRx1P/KtArF838W6zM7EIJMM/wGc7BTzI/krAUhqFP uZn2+nY/HI+s9FsFkVYOo5qvAZcbAkOnWVn/ki0oHaJcLz7QVX NkO7yDd5M0ghnr22E9DRslAr45QFdkuV4Jc+H2yKNVDhP66h58 hY9QMcediA78ymwcmfB46G4PjDCu8vhjZ3x3hyXS/Owy3JYgS+ zwSi9FoTmpHlBfkyn+7Vg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.12 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:89484 Archived-At: Am 11.03.2013 um 20:31 schrieb Andrew Pennebaker: > 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. >=20 > 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. I don't know exactly how to cure the effect, maybe setting scroll-margin = and scroll-step can adjust the behaviour to your likings. Making the window higher would also help=85 -- Greetings Pete Increase the size of your bike by at least *five* inches!