Re: Is it possible to scroll smoothly in Emacs?

[J. David Boyd]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Actually, even though I personally don't miss smooth scrolling, that
>> student did convince me that it's a good idea: it is quite easy to press
>> C-v/M-v accidentally and get lost.  Smooth scrolling gives a visual clue
>> of the direction we went in the file.  It's not really a question of
>> aesthetics, it is a question of usability/UX.
>
> FWIW, I agree.  I don't consider it high-priority enough to work on it,
> but I'd welcome patches which provide something like it.
>
>
>         Stefan


I don't think I understand.  My emacs seems to scroll fairly smoothly to me.
What exactly are we talking about when we say 'smooth scroll'?

Dave