GNU bug report logs - #36494
27.0.50; [Proposition] New option to scroll up regardless of eob

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Message #11 received at 36494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com, 36494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36494: 27.0.50;
 [Proposition] New option to scroll up regardless of eob
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:33:38 +0200

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

>> From: marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:03:40 +0200
>> 
>> Most of the time I find it useful to scroll up in scroll-lock-mode also
>> in the case when the end of the buffer is in sight.  With this behavior
>> it's possible to scroll up until there is literally (almost) nothing
>> left in the buffer.
>> 
>> This is in opposition to the current behavior of scroll-lock-mode which
>> always switches to forward-line if the end of buffer is in sight.
>> 
>> Find attached a concrete realization.
>
> How about if we bind S-DOWN and S-UP to commands that scroll to EOB
> without introducing any new option?  That would mimic pages like Less
> which stop at EOB with an unshifted key, but continue scrolling with a
> shifted key.

That sounds good to me.  Also the mimicing of similar features elsewhere.  

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