Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:19:09 +0500
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> Please tell me how to solve the following problem with emacs:
> 
> If I am using emacs on a 500 line file, and line 250 is in the
> center of the screen, and the curser is on line 250, and I press
> Page Up and then Page Down, I see that line 250 is again at the
> center of the screen, but the curser is now near the top of the
> screen.
> 
> What I want, is that after pressing Page Up n times followed by
> pressing Page Down n times, the screen and curser be in
> exactly the same position as before.  (I am willing to live
> with this NOT being the case if I press Page Up (or Page Down) so
> many times that I "go off the end of the file".)
> 
> Does anyone know how I can get this to work the way I want?

Ok. A much simpler way than pressing PgUp back n times. When you're at your
250th line, press C-@ (Mark beginning of block). Now go *wherever* you want.
When you want to get back to that place, just type C-x-C-x and you'll get back
to the original position. Ain't EMACS cool?