From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Scroll preserving point position - other meaning Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:25:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: <21472671.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232033172 32269 80.91.229.12 (15 Jan 2009 15:26:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:26:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: volodyan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 16:27:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LNU7h-0002Ti-U3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:27:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52487 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNU6R-0001yY-3w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:25:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNU66-0001wG-AH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:25:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNU65-0001va-LS for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:25:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54767 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNU65-0001vT-IF for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:25:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.156]:14186) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LNU65-0007zJ-3A for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:25:29 -0500 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so586544fgb.30 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:25:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rjjx8/lwSWF7/pgCV/LYnhAK0duesCbBCKCo/oQWBcM=; b=fheapWK/pIYdUzYU35PGL2LzpP4vWAOipAsJ0zdJ+97+0oU7AoWBI5xbjWB/MRPB5H kWJ4OzGvZQgwtxTbpdYa90VWnwHFcPTuO0Hj0xx0t/01uX3xcf/e9qtoqxa8MuJEm8C9 2LmHVrhvc7ofyn8wd7zr+wKVpD5NS/ESXEkXI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kF67KI33W9VCwPg94TcipC0DBA3VNJlxma29tS04cifD5T+JMLfsgxaYgpXM0iwZnG ztfuQcnvAMjzbNnstTRwTWPkZVvCDXhrNu7ljvVJ7Y3+m7MEKrlr+yzNk8kTR/8H+7Ks giWE7yx5yqE5RJdQF4ti4ASn/CA5r+cNKEeMo= Original-Received: by 10.86.76.16 with SMTP id y16mr1406278fga.65.1232033127968; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:25:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <21472671.post@talk.nabble.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61357 Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:29 AM, volodyan wrote: > > Hi, > I am using Emacs with X and struggling to do the following. How can I > preserve point's position while scrolling IN TEXT? I spent hours roaming > through Internet/searched the forum, but everyone seems to be interested in > preserving point's position on screen. I want to be able to use scroll bar > with a mouse or PageUp/Down to look something up and then return, but the > point insists on staying on screen. I think that can't be done. If I remember correctly this was discussed on Emacs devel a while ago. What you can do is open a new window and do what you want there. > Another, I think related issue, if I want to find a matching parentheses, I > click on one and the region between the two is selected. If this region fits > the screen - fine. But if not, when I try scrolling using a mouse to find > another end of the region, the region gets unselected. In all other > graphical editors scrolling with a mouse doesn't move point/unselects > region. I just "upgraded" to Emacs from Eclipse and I guess there is a way > to get such behavior in Emacs. How? I think this was also discussed. You may want to try do ask this on Emacs developers list. > Thanks for your help > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Scroll-preserving-point-position---other-meaning-tp21472671p21472671.html > Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > >