Re: [Nano-devel] scrolling with overlong lines when softwrap is on

[Chris Allegretta]

On 3/4/14, Chris Allegretta <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 3/3/14, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014, at 18:23, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>>> Testing would be welcome.
>>
>> An improved version of the patch went into SVN, the last
>> one attached to  https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?8182
>>
>> Considering it fixed.
>
> stepping down one line at a time with normal-length lines is now
> broken in SVN compared to previous behavior:
> - when scrolling without softwrap enabled, the screen will jump down a
> page when you press down when on line number (LINES / 2 - 2), and the
> cursor now will be at the top of the screen.  If you hit down again,
> the screen will jump back up somewhat and the line and cursor will be
> near the middle. This pattern then repeats.

Fascinatingly, the above behavior seems to only trigger every other
time I invoke the editor.  It smells like some sort of initialization
issue.

> - with smooth scrolling on, the screen begins to scroll down a line at
> a time starting at (LINES / 2 - 1) such that the cursor always stays
> in the middle.  Previously it would not scroll down until (LINES - 1).
>  It continues to scroll upward as normal, i.e. the screen scrolls when
> hitting up and the cursor is at the top of the current buffer.