Re: (Not) scrolling past the end of a buffer

[Jorgen Schaefer]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:31:52 +0200
Romain Francoise <address@hidden> wrote:

> Jorgen Schaefer <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Emacs' scrolling behavior allows for a window to move past the end
> > of a buffer up to the point where the last line of a buffer is the
> > only thing displayed. This can be useful for editing, but it is
> > unexpected behavior for modes that interact with other programs.
> 
> > Based on the behavior of terminals, the expectation and preference
> > there is that the input line would remain at the bottom edge of a
> > window as long as there is enough data to be displayed.
> 
> That's a matter of taste.

Indeed, that is why I was talking about a configuration option. :-)

Sorry if this came across badly.

comint.el already tries to imitate this behavior by setting
`comint-scroll-show-maximum-output' to t, but this only achieves this
behavior after output from the process.

Regards,
        -- Jorgen