Re: Annoying arrow key scroll behaviour in emacs 27

[Steinar Bang]

>>>>> Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>:

> Are you saying that the behavior changes depending on if the buffer fits
> into one window, i.e., in the case where it does the arrows move point
> and otherwise scroll?

Yes.

And in the case when it scrolls: when it reaches the bottom or top of
the buffer, the arrow key starts moving the cursor instead of scrolling.

> The first thing I'd check was see what `C-h k' says about pressing the
> up/down arrows.  The expected answers would be that <up> is bound to
> `previous-line' and <down> is bound to `next-line'.  What does it say
> for you?

C-h k <up> says:
It is bound to C-p, <up>.

C-h k <down> says:
It is bound to C-n, <down>.

Thanks!