Re: scroll-restore.el

[martin rudalics]

>>No.  The region is restored automatically when the original position is
>> restored.
>
> ... But that means you would have to restore the position (e.g. by
> scrolling back "manually") before hitting kill?

Yes.

> in other systems, it
> is conventional for the C-x/C-c cut/copy to do the kill of the
> partially or totally scrolled-offscreen active region (not of a
> different region, which is what happens without jump-back, unless I'm
> still misunderstanding) - i.e. for this purpose, jump back is involved
> so as to jump back to restore the point position so as to
> insta-restore the original region just before kill.

You do understand correctly.  Having jump-back nil _is_ inconsistent.
But I never kill the region when I'm scrolling.  I always "explicitly"
move `point' before.