diff src/xdisp.c @ 91204:53108e6cea98

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-294
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:51:45 +0000
parents cdc63ae7ea34 ec0ef12211d9
children e2f99a24f1e6
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--- a/src/xdisp.c	Thu Dec 06 07:36:30 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/xdisp.c	Thu Dec 06 09:51:45 2007 +0000
@@ -24494,8 +24494,12 @@
 
   DEFVAR_INT ("scroll-conservatively", &scroll_conservatively,
     doc: /* *Scroll up to this many lines, to bring point back on screen.
-A value of zero means to scroll the text to center point vertically
-in the window.  */);
+If point moves off-screen, redisplay will scroll by up to
+`scroll-conservatively' lines in order to bring point just barely
+onto the screen again.   If that cannot be done, then redisplay
+recenters point as usual.
+
+A value of zero means always recenter point if it moves off screen.  */);
   scroll_conservatively = 0;
 
   DEFVAR_INT ("scroll-margin", &scroll_margin,