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In  <FA2-pQB@engin.umich.edu>  jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
> ... the window scrolls one
> direction or the other, placing the marked text either
> at the bottom of the window, or the top.

[Only happens if the screen was first scrolled using the scroll bars,
so that the cursor is not in the window.]

> What is the purpose of this 'feature',

It's called a bug.  :-)

> and more importantly, is there some way to disable it?

You betcha.  Assuming you have the macros and macro compiler, edit the
file MOUSE.E, find the routine MH_end_mark, find the line:
   getmark  firstline,lastline,firstcol,lastcol,fileid
Immediately before that, add:
   if .cursorx > 0 & .cursorx <= .windowwidth & .cursory > 0 & .cursory <= .windowheight then
Then find the line:
   'MH_gotoposition'
and immediately before that, add:
   endif

Then recompile by entering the command:
   etpm extra
and you should be all set.  (If you haven't recompiled before, then you'll
need a MYCNF.E.  If you don't really want to change the shipped settings,
the simplest way of doing this is to create one containing the single line:
   include 'epmgcnf.smp'  -- Pick up "Enhanced Editor" configuration file

If you don't *have* the macros, then you can get them via anonymous FTP
from software.watson.IBM.com, from the IBM BBS's, or from Compuserve.
It's the EPMBBS package.)
--
Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)