RE: ERC: Scroll to bottom by default

[Drew Adams]

> I simply don't see the point in having half a window of empty
> space in an IRC buffer. In my eyes, the current defaults are just a
> waste of screen space in the name of being like the rest of Emacs in
> general.

I haven't followed this thread. Apologies if I misunderstand.

It sounds like you are perhaps talking about bug #3576:
http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3576

If so, this is the bottom line as to why the bug is unlikely to be fixed (from
Stefan):

> The real justification is that it's difficult to implement
> and the benefits are dubious.