Re: Suggestion: A fringe indicator that shows the last/first line before scrolling

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

David O'Toole wrote:
> I like this idea, I tend to have the same problem.

Me too.

> I wonder if this could be implemented in plain Emacs Lisp?

A post command hook?

> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  when I scroll a large document with C-v (scroll-up) / M-v (scroll-down)
> >  I often have a hard time to spot the line where I was reading.  I think
> >  it would be much easier to find that place, if there was some indicator
> >  in the fringe that shows the first/last line that was visible before the
> >  scrolling command was performed.
> >
> >  If you scroll up (i.e. with C-v) it shows the last visible line before
> >  the scroll, if you scroll down (i.e. with M-v) it shows the first.
> >
> >  What do you think?
> >
> >  Bye,
> >  Tassilo