{"id":6436,"date":"2017-07-18T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2017-07-18T11:03:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:03:04","slug":"changing-the-recentering-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=6436","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Recentering Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was trolling through some of abo-abo’s old posts over at (or emacs<\/a> and came upon this gem concerning the order of positions for recenter-top-bottom<\/a>. I use this command all the time; it’s really handy when a search result leaves the target at the bottom of the screen. A simple Ctrl<\/kbd>+l<\/kbd> and the line is repositioned to the middle of the screen. Another Ctrl<\/kbd>+l<\/kbd> and it’s positioned at the top. A third invocation returns it to the bottom. <\/p>\n

As abo-abo says, this is a bit counter intuitive and not as handy as you’d like it to be. In the common case of searching for a function, you’d like to position it at the top so as much of the function as possible is visible. Of course you can do that by pressing Ctrl<\/kbd>+l<\/kbd> twice but it would make more sense for it to start at the top. <\/p>\n

Being Emacs, the behavior is, of course, completely configurable. You can set the order to be anything you like. If, as abo-abo says, you believe in gravity and want as much of the result showing as possible, you can set the order to be top-middle-bottom with <\/p>\n

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(setq<\/span> recenter-positions '(top middle bottom))\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
 I like that better but others may disagree. The beauty of Emacs, as always, is that you can have it your way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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