Re: Alt-v behavior near beginning of buffer

[Kevin Rodgers]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> I wanted it to go to the beginning of the line either way, so I changed
> it to:
>
> (defun power-bottom ()
> "Scrolls down a screen if possible, or goes to the bottom of the buffer"
> (interactive)
> (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
>     ((lambda()
>        (goto-char (point-max))
>        (beginning-of-line)))
>   (scroll-up)))
>
> That lambda syntax took me a while to grasp.  Is there any easier way to
> do this, short of creating a function just for the lambda?

Of course:

    (progn
      (goto-char (point-max))
      (beginning-of-line))

A good Emacs Lisp exercise would be to allow your new command to accept
a prefix argument just like scroll-up does, and pass it to scroll-up.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA