🚀 go-pugleaf

   Especially at 2400 baud, I find some of vi's screen redrawing
annoying.  vi puts the cursor line in the middle of each redrawn
screen, whereas I'd prefer it to be at the top.  I can of course
move the middle line to the top with z , but that entails another
redraw.  Is there any way (macro, option, etc.) to deal with the
following four (related?) cases?:
   1. Repeated searches for a string:  If the next match is beyond
the screen, I'd like the match line to appear at the top of the
(redrawn) screen.  If the next match is on the present screen, I
want the cursor to jump to it without any redrawing.
   2. Jumping to a marked line:  If I mark a line with  mx  ,
then move to a different page and type  'm  , I'd like the marked
line to show up at the top of the screen instead of the middle.
   3. Moving too far:  If I make a big cursor movement, such as
50j , I'd like the moved-to line to show up at the top of the
screen instead of the middle.
   4. Deleting a block that starts on a previous page:  If I
mark lines with mx and my, then do  :'x,'yd  , where 'x is not
displayed in the current screen, I want the surviving line 'y+1
to be at the top of the screen rather than in the middle.
     --Charles S. Harris  (csh@ulysses.att.com)
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