GNU bug report logs - #57837
29.0.50; fit-window-to-buffer should reposition the buffer

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57837: 29.0.50; fit-window-to-buffer should reposition the buffer
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:34:09 +0000

>> Both invisible point and point moved before the EOB are, IMO, 
>> preferable over showing a half empty window after C-x w -.
>
> I get that that's your preference, but I hope you understand that this 
> is a corner case, and that what the code does is not a bug.
>

By the way, I forgot to mention that a way to get (almost) the behavior 
you want is to set scroll-conservatively to 101.  With that value, and 
with point at EOB, after fit-window-to-buffer only the first line of the 
buffer will not be visible.

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