GNU bug report logs - #30747
Emacs lacks a command to horizontally recenter

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Message #20 received at 30747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 30747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#30747: Emacs lacks a command to horizontally recenter
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 14:49:17 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Since lines are generally not all of the same width, such horizontal
> scrolling can only guarantee to center one line, and sometimes cannot
> center it at all (if it's narrower than the window).  I wonder whether
> the OP indeed understands what he will get as result of implementing
> this feature.

The centring would be based on the current line, yes.  But horizontal
centring is mostly useful when you have a display that's much wider than
your window width, which can happen i deeply nested threads in Gnus, for
instance.

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