From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scroll-(down|up) but stay on the same column Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0911110111j3ae3aae6nc3f30d20be142232@mail.gmail.com> <7b501d5c0911110752l5cfe0d83x1a8bcf409b608629@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257957478 11375 80.91.229.12 (11 Nov 2009 16:37:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 11 17:37:51 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N8GCY-0002EH-1E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:37:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54816 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8GCX-0004r9-CX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8GCS-0004pW-99 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8GCN-0004nq-NM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41516 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8GCN-0004nn-IB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:35 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:27828 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8GCN-00017s-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:35 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAPt2+kpMCpsp/2dsb2JhbACBT9wPhDwEiSM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,723,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="49107246" Original-Received: from 76-10-155-41.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.155.41]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2009 11:37:34 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C7CBA8373; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:33 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0911110752l5cfe0d83x1a8bcf409b608629@mail.gmail.com> (Deniz Dogan's message of "Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:52:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116833 Archived-At: > This leads me to the question: what is the idea behind putting point > at BOL when scrolling? I don't know. It's probably done this way because it's easier. Stefan