bug#42747: 27.0.91; tabulated-list sort column scrolls window.

[Stefan Kangas]

tags 42747 + patch
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Jen-Chieh Shen <jcs090218@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 22:27:28 +0800
>>
>> While using mouse click on tabulated list's column header, the window
>> scroll to the bottom. Is this the normal action?
>
> It looks like it attempts to preserve both the screen position of
> point and the entry on which point is located.  So perhaps this is a
> "feature".  Try clicking on the header when the current entry is not
> the top-most to see what it's trying to do.

Yes, this is a misfeature.

Please test the attached patch and see if it works better.

0001-Don-t-preserve-window-line-in-tabulated-list-print.patch
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