bug#18590: 24.3.93; Scrolling changes/forgets selection

[martin rudalics]

> Anyway, if point must be moved, please can it be put back automatically
> where it belongs when the user scrolls the window back and point's
> correct location is once again in view? Consider this a wishlist request.
>
> I'd also like to have typing, or any command involving point, scroll the
> window so that the correct location of point comes into view and then act on
> point where it belongs rather than where Emacs has "randomly" moved it.
> Of course this would have to be an optional behaviour, something like a
> (setq point-follows-window nil). Consider it as second wishlist request?

I addressed some of these issues here:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-02/msg01892.html

martin