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Re: Down arrow key skips lines when window too short
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Down arrow key skips lines when window too short |
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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:18:02 +0200 |
> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:04:35 +0100
> Cc: Emacs Help <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> > When I use Emacs in full screen mode, the Down arrow key works just fine
> > for navigating down a source code buffer. But when the window gets too
> > short (e.g., C-x 2), then pressing Down begins to skip "paragraphs" of
> > code, making it hard to edit the desired line.
> >
> > This behavior occurs for the Down arrow key, `C-n`, and `M-x next-line`, as
> > well as for the reverse functions Up, `C-l`, and `M-x previous-line`.
>
> The reason for this is a user-friendly behaviour: near the vertical ends of
> the buffer performs some jump-scroll to instantly show more of the hidden
> buffer contents.
But even then it shouldn't move by paragraphs. So it's either a bug
or some of the OP's customizations request that.
Re: Down arrow key skips lines when window too short, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/03/12
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