SET SCROLL MARGINS Sets the top and bottom distances at which scrolling begins automatically as you move the cursor up and down. You specify the distances as numbers of lines or as percentages of the window size. Examples: Commands Effects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SET SCROLL MARGINS 0 0 Default settings---scrolling starts when you move past the top or bottom line of the current window. SET SCROLL MARGINS 2 3 Scrolling starts two lines from the top of the window or three lines from the bottom of the window. SET SCROLL MARGINS 9% 14% Scrolling starts at 9% from the top of the window and 14% from the bottom---with a 21-line main window, this is two lines from the top and three lines from the bottom: Top scroll +------------------+ margin is 2 |¹ | \_______ |² | | | | 21-line window | | | _______ |³ | / |² | Bottom scroll |¹ | margin is 3 +------------------+ SET SCROLL MARGINS 5 6 Equivalent to the EDT command SET CURSOR 5:15 (assuming a 21-line main window). See help on EDT Conversion. Usage notes: o If you specify the scroll margins as numbers of lines, EVE converts them to percentages of the window size, so that if you resize the window---for example, by using SPLIT WINDOW---the scroll margins are proportional to the window size. o Scroll margins apply in all buffers, but are not saved in a section file or command file. To keep your scroll margins for future editing sessions, put the SET SCROLL MARGINS command you want in an initialization file (typically named EVE$INIT.EVE). See help on Initialization Files. o You cannot set scroll margins that overlap. For example, with a 21-line main window, you cannot set scroll margins of 12 14. Related topics: SET CURSOR BOUND SET CURSOR FREE SET SCROLL JUMP SET SCROLL ON SET SCROLL OFF SET SCROLL SMOOTH