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bug#8121: Error in built-in tutorial?
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#8121: Error in built-in tutorial? |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:50:49 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> C-h k C-v -> C-v runs the command scroll-up
> C-h k M-v -> M-v runs the command scroll-down
> "Scrolling up" moves text up the screen, which has the effect of
> advancing you forwards through a document.
We should try and fix this confusion. Emacs's nomenclature is not
non-sensical, but if someone tells me he's "scrolling down the
document", it means he's moving point towards the end, not
the opposite. So the problem is that up/down is not unambiguous and we
should use other words. E.g. scroll-towards-end or scroll-towards-beginning.
Similar issues hold for split-window-(horizont|vertic)ally.
Stefan