Re: Emacs recentres point in buffer if it is moved anywhere -- annoying!

[Robert Thorpe]

purpleblues13@gmail.com writes:
> I have Emacs 24.4, running on OS X Mavericks.
>
> I am encountering a very annoying problem which is that Emacs automatically 
> recentres the point after every single movement. The is a small delay (ranges 
> from about 0.5 secs to 3 secs), and then it jumps, just as if I had pressed 
> C-l. I cannot find anything about this through google searches; no variables 
> or minor modes, etc.
>
> Weirdly, it usually doesn't happen. I can have Emacs open for ages without 
> this annoying behaviour, then suddenly it just starts happening. I have no 
> idea why. I have tried to restart and isolate all the commands I am entering, 
> but I have not been able to work out what could possibly be causing it.
>
> I can provide my init.el if necessary.

I expect this is caused by auto-reverting a buffer-list.  There's a bug
there, I understand it has been fixed now though.

BR,
Robert Thorpe