On Di, 14 Okt 2025, Marc Adler wrote:

> Yes, I used set smoothscroll, but it only works in one direction
> (down) when scrolling via cursor movement. When scrolling up that way,
> the effect is lost. 

That is a cursor movement, not scrolling.

> Also, using ctl-e/y isn't a substitute for the behavior I'm talking
> about, since once you put your cursor into the "paragraph" (= really
> long line), Vim will jerkily reposition that paragraph so the
> beginning of it is on the screen, which
> is the behavior I'm trying to avoid. 

Cannot reproduce this. Ctrl-E/Ctrl-Y works for me for scrolling long 
paragraphs/lines just fine.

> One thing I don't understand is why only Vim has this behavior. Emacs,
> VSCode, etc. don't. They're poor substitutes for Vim, so this is a
> little frustrating.

Because each program is different and each editor has to implement this 
behaviour on its own.

Thanks,
Christian
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