Re: Allowing point to be outside the window?

[Kévin Le Gouguec]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Sunday, 28 Nov 2021 at 16:39, Kévin Le Gouguec wrote:
>> I'll bite: because a user could want to peek a few screenfuls
>> ahead/behind, while keeping the cursor at a point of interest, where
>
> That's what C-x 2 M-C-v is for? ;-)
>
> Seriously, it's what Emacs does so well that other editors do not: being
> able to have multiple views into the same file/buffer.

Sure, although off the top of my head I can't see a faster way to delete
the temporary window than "C-x o C-x 0" (granted, that's not the most
awkward sequence ever).

(Assuming the user has other windows of interest, so dismissing C-x 1)

> or, alternatively, set a mark, scroll away, and jump back...

Yes, as I described.  As I said, I personally find C-u C-SPC enough for
my purposes, but I can imagine other people liking the proposed
behaviour better.