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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com
Cc: 36494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36494: 27.0.50; [Proposition] New option to scroll up regardless of eob
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 16:09:06 +0300

> 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.

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