# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1104505802 0 # Node ID 07897e1a19b5cfb5d21cb03d12a6d35d70a2a02a # Parent e5b68c4be92bf1086132d606084f37e97bc971de (Scrolling): Correct scroll-preserve-screen-position. diff -r e5b68c4be92b -r 07897e1a19b5 man/display.texi --- a/man/display.texi Fri Dec 31 15:07:48 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Fri Dec 31 15:10:02 2004 +0000 @@ -495,12 +495,14 @@ @vindex scroll-preserve-screen-position Some users like the full-screen scroll commands to keep point at the same screen line. To enable this behavior, set the variable -@code{scroll-preserve-screen-position} to a non-@code{nil} value. This -mode is convenient for browsing through a file by scrolling by -screenfuls; if you come back to the screen where you started, point goes -back to the line where it started. However, this mode is inconvenient -when you move to the next screen in order to move point to the text -there. +@code{scroll-preserve-screen-position} to a non-@code{nil} value. In +this mode, when scrolling shifts point off the screen, or into the +scrolling margins, Emacs moves point to keep the same vertical +position within the window. This mode is convenient for browsing +through a file by scrolling by screenfuls; if you come back to the +screen where you started, point goes back to the line where it +started. However, this mode is inconvenient when you move to the next +screen in order to move point to the text there. Another way to do scrolling is with @kbd{C-l} with a numeric argument. @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen when given an argument; it only scrolls