Re: Proposal to improve the nomenclature of scrolling directions

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:20:42 +0000
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> On 9 Nov 2012, Eli Zaretskii spake thusly:
> > Yes, that is true.  But the point I wanted to make is that nothing in
> > Emacs really assumes that point must be on the displayed portion of
> > the buffer.  Rather, the display engine deliberately scrolls text to
> > make sure point is visible.  So I don't think Emacs will go down in
> > flames if some feature inhibits this automatic scrolling.  The
> > auto-hscroll example was a demonstration of how Emacs command still
> > work in a sensible way when point is not visible.
> 
> ... which is a good sign that a small core change might make it possible
> to implement this feature on its own in a few lines, without requiring
> all the scroll-in-place machinery. Something else for me to look at :)

If you could describe what change are you looking for, and how not
displaying point might help with scroll-in-place like behavior, I
might be able to help.  (Sorry, couldn't read all this longish
thread.)