Enhance scrolling behavior

Make scrolling smooth and easy to follow, as opposed to the jumpy
default behavior. Add a scroll margin and make point move to the
top/bottom of the screen if attempting to scroll past the beginning/end
of the buffer.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index faf8233..a578665 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -90,6 +90,34 @@
 (global-visual-line-mode)
 
 
+;; ---------------------------------
+;; Scrolling
+;; ---------
+;; This makes the scrolling behavior
+;; smoother and easier to follow.
+;; ---------------------------------
+
+;; Small scroll margin makes it
+;; easier to see when to stop when
+;; scrolling fast.
+(setq scroll-margin 2)
+
+;; Make mouse scroll smoother
+(setq mouse-wheel-scroll-amount '(2))
+      mouse-wheel-progressive-speed nil
+      mouse-wheel-follow-mouse t)
+
+;; Prevent jumpy scrolling
+(setq scroll-conservatively 10
+      auto-window-vscroll nil
+      scroll-preserve-screen-position t)
+
+;; Move point to beginning/end of
+;; buffer if attempting to scroll
+;; when already at the beginning/end
+;; of buffer
+(setq scroll-error-top-bottom t)
+
 
 
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