Re: Annoying arrow key scroll behaviour in emacs 27

[Steinar Bang]

>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>>>>> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>:
>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>> Now I just got to figure out what switches the behaviour on
>>> (i.e. it's ".emacs bisect time" again...).

>> Alternatively add (debug-on-entry 'scroll-lock-mode) near the
>> beginning of your config and restart.  The backtrace should tell you
>> what invoked the mode, you see which form in which file is currently
>> processed etc.  c to continue.  Then remove the `debug-on-entry'
>> call.

> Huh... that was weird...?

> Looks like the command is run, but I swear it wasn't by me, at least not
> intentionally:
[snip!]
> What I did to get that stack trace was to Alt-TAB to a different window
> and back. Could it be that Alt-TAB is interpreted as Scroll_lock?

The Alt-TAB between window is the culprit!

Every time I switch into an emacs window with Alt-TAB I toggle
scroll-lock-mode on or off.

Very annoying!

Why is a command bound to Scroll_lock run when Alt-TAB is pressed?

And how can I get rid of it?

Thanks!


- Steinar