Re: BUG in scroll-lock-mode?

[Ralf Angeli]

* Leo (2007-06-07) writes:

> ----- Ralf Angeli (2007-06-07) wrote:-----
>
>> * Leo (2007-06-07) writes:
>>
>>> I put (scroll-lock-mode t) in ~/.emacs, but it is still disabled after
>>> restart emacs. Is this a bug in scroll-lock-mode?
>>
>> Scroll Lock mode is a buffer-local minor mode, so your command will not
>> enable it globally.  You can enable it via a hook.  For example, if you
>> wanted the mode to be activated when browsing info files, you could do
>> this with something like (add-hook 'Info-mode-hook 'scroll-lock-mode).
>
> But looks like the doc string is not clear about this.

Perhaps somebody can install the following change then.

2007-06-07  Ralf Angeli  <address@hidden>

        * scroll-lock.el (scroll-lock-mode): Doc fix.

--- scroll-lock.el      24 Jan 2007 19:57:54 +0100      1.5
+++ scroll-lock.el      07 Jun 2007 11:57:17 +0200      
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-minor-mode scroll-lock-mode
-  "Minor mode for pager-like scrolling.
+  "Buffer-local minor mode for pager-like scrolling.
 Keys which normally move point by line or paragraph will scroll
 the buffer by the respective amount of lines instead and point
 will be kept vertically fixed relative to window boundaries


-- 
Ralf