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Re: (Not) scrolling past the end of a buffer
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Jorgen Schaefer |
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Re: (Not) scrolling past the end of a buffer |
Date: |
Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:45:31 +0200 |
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:31:52 +0200
Romain Francoise <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jorgen Schaefer <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Emacs' scrolling behavior allows for a window to move past the end
> > of a buffer up to the point where the last line of a buffer is the
> > only thing displayed. This can be useful for editing, but it is
> > unexpected behavior for modes that interact with other programs.
>
> > Based on the behavior of terminals, the expectation and preference
> > there is that the input line would remain at the bottom edge of a
> > window as long as there is enough data to be displayed.
>
> That's a matter of taste.
Indeed, that is why I was talking about a configuration option. :-)
Sorry if this came across badly.
comint.el already tries to imitate this behavior by setting
`comint-scroll-show-maximum-output' to t, but this only achieves this
behavior after output from the process.
Regards,
-- Jorgen