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-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/display.texi12
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-03-26 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+ * display.texi (Auto Scrolling): Fix scroll-up/scroll-down confusion.
+
2011-03-11 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* msdog.texi (Windows HOME): Fix the wording to clarify how Emacs sets
diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index aad061b33d9..5df8401d918 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -195,15 +195,15 @@ how aggressively it scrolls by setting the variables
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 is above the window start, the new
-start position is chosen to put point @var{f} parts of the window
-height from the top. Thus, larger @var{f} means more aggressive
+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.
Likewise, @code{scroll-down-aggressively} is used for scrolling
-down. The value specifies how far point should be placed from the
-bottom of the window; thus, as with @code{scroll-up-aggressively}, a
-larger value is more aggressive.
+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.
@vindex scroll-margin
The variable @code{scroll-margin} restricts how close point can come