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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2011-03-26 21:03:24 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2011-03-26 21:03:24 +0200
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doc/emacs/display.texi (Auto Scrolling): Fix last change.
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@@ -194,16 +194,18 @@ how aggressively it scrolls by setting the variables
@code{scroll-up-aggressively} and @code{scroll-down-aggressively}.
The value of @code{scroll-up-aggressively} should be either
@code{nil}, or a fraction @var{f} between 0 and 1. A fraction
-specifies where on the screen to put point when scrolling upward: when
-a window scrolls up because point below the window end, the new start
-position is chosen to put point @var{f} parts of the window height
-from the bottom. Thus, larger @var{f} means more aggressive
-scrolling. The default value, @code{nil}, is equivalent to 0.5.
+specifies where on the screen to put point when scrolling upward,
+i.e.@: when point moves forward in the buffer, and therefore text
+scrolls up in the window. When point goes off the window end, the new
+start position is chosen to put point @var{f} parts of the window
+height from the bottom. Thus, larger @var{f} means more aggressive
+scrolling: more new text is brought into view. The default value,
+@code{nil}, is equivalent to 0.5.
Likewise, @code{scroll-down-aggressively} is used for scrolling
-down. The value specifies how far point should be placed from the top
-of the window; thus, as with @code{scroll-up-aggressively}, a larger
-value is more aggressive.
+down, i.e.@: moving point back in the buffer. The value specifies how
+far point should be placed from the top of the window; thus, as with
+@code{scroll-up-aggressively}, a larger value is more aggressive.
@vindex scroll-margin
The variable @code{scroll-margin} restricts how close point can come