After issuing scroll-up
or scroll-down
in emacs, is there a quick way to return the point to its previous position (assuming I didn't remember to add it to the mark ring)?
Alternatively is there any way (without interfering with the mark ring) to alter the scrolling behaviour so that scrolling up then scrolling down (or vice versa) returns the point to its original position? (eg. make scrolling move the point exactly x lines where x is the screen height)
I'm in the process of accustoming myself to emacs and this is one of the most common curse-provoking situations: I scroll around to view another part of my code without remembering to add my line to the mark ring and then it's painful to try to relocate the line of code I was working on. As such, while I'm asking for a technical solution, I'd also be interested to hear how seasoned users avoid this problem. Do you just get used to remembering to set a mark, split the window to look around or use some other pattern?
Thanks