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From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: help
Message-ID: <39983@bbn.COM>
Date: 16 May 89 14:03:50 GMT
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In-reply-to: geoff@wrswrs.UUCP (Geoff Espin)

In article <639@wrs.UUCP>, geoff@wrswrs (Geoff Espin) writes:
>I'm using GNU 18.54 on a Sun 3/60 with SunOS 4.0.1.
>When scrolling thru a file the bottom mode line scrolls
>up the screen then back to the bottom.  I'm gnu to emacs
>so don't know what variables should be set to fix this.
>One other user here on a Sun 3/E doesn't have this problem?

Check out the file $EMACS/etc/SUN-SUPPORT for hints on how to improve
your sun termcap.  This may explain your buddy's Sun's behavior.

If that doesn't change anything, what you see is not a bug; it is
simply the most cost-efective way (given the termcap) for emacs to
scroll the screen.  If you are used to the vt100's style of scrolling,
realize that it is due to the "scrolling region" logic (termcap cs
capability) that is missing from a lot of other terminals out there.
The sun console is one such terminal.
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