On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:10:34 +0300 Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/8/6 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Mostly because keyboard navigation is generally considered to act > > directly on the blinker (Insertion Point, IP Mark, whatever), > > whereas mouse navigation scrolling acts on the screen scrollbars > > which tend to be a desktop GUI thing. > > I am completely unfamiliar with that concept. I do not believe that > KDE or Gnome make that distinction. Maybe it's a Windows thing. >
No, it's a historical thing - pre WIMP. > > I think that it would be handier to simply place a mark, by a > > keyboard combination, that could easily be returned to. This i think > > may be more useful than your request, for instances where you > > actually make an edit elsewhere before returning. > > While that would be useful (and in fact, I believe that the Navigator > handles bookmarks), it would not fulfill my [need|personalityQuirk]. > My preference is to keep the cursor on the vertical center of the > screen, more or less. So I would be scrolling up approximately N lines > for every N lines I edit. > > > I read Brian Barkers reply before replying myself, and though it > > answers your question, it made my head hurt :) > > > > While in a strictly technical sense Brian did suggest a method that > would allow the viewport to show a portion of the text not occupied by > the cursor, it most certainly is not a solution to my concern. > However, I can live with the cursor at the bottom of the screen, so it > is not a critical concern. Thanks. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > __-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__- > __-__-__-__ > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
