Re: how to keep cursor stationary when scrolling with mouse

[JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com>]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:
> JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> writes:
> 
>> But it keeps the point/cursor stationary on the
>> screen when scrolling with keyboard keys Page and
>> Arrow Up/Down. That's what I want.
> 
> Are you sure you don't want a keystroke that doesn't
> involve moving your hands from typing position? :)
> Like M-i and M-k for scrolling a single line without
> moving point? Just saying...

Thanks, but I'm happy, comfortable, and accustomed
to keyboard behavior exactly as it's currently configured.

>> But when scrolling with the mouse, either with its
>> wheel or by dragging the right-hand side slider bar,
>> the cursor reverts to default behavior, following
>> the text and jumping back to center when scrolling
>> past the page top/bottom. I've failed to google how
>> to stop that. What can I put in .emacs so that the
>> point/cursor remains stationary on the screen,
>> rather than following the text, when scrolling with
>> the mouse? Thanks,
> 
> I don't know because I don't use the mouse, but I
> scroll without moving point (unless scrolling scrolls
> a whole screen of lines), probably you can use exactly
> the same, binding the mouse to it. But try it
> keyboard-only first, see if you like it.
> 
> Here is the scroll stuff, I have M-i and M-k to
> scroll-up-1 and scroll-down-1:
>   http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/emacs-init/scroll.el

Thanks for the interesting stuff to look at.
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )