From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: JohnF Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to keep cursor stationary when scrolling with mouse Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:17:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <8761edmek9.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416367225 27876 80.91.229.3 (19 Nov 2014 03:20:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:20:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 04:20:19 2014 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 1XqvoY-0004I1-S2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:20:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56330 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqvoY-0006Vu-19 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:20:18 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1416367077 6192 166.84.1.3 (19 Nov 2014 03:17:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:17:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/2.0.0-20110823 ("Ardenistiel") (UNIX) (NetBSD/6.1.5 (i386)) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:208770 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:101050 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg wrote: > JohnF 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 )