;;; Code:
-(defvar auto-show-mode t
+(defgroup auto-show nil
+ "Perform automatic horizontal scrolling as point moves."
+ :group 'editing)
+
+(defcustom auto-show-mode t
"*Non-nil enables automatic horizontal scrolling, when lines are truncated.
The default value is t. To change the default, do this:
(set-default 'auto-show-mode nil)
See also command `auto-show-mode'.
-This variable has no effect when lines are not being truncated.")
+This variable has no effect when lines are not being truncated.
+This variable is automatically local in each buffer where it is set."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'auto-show)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'auto-show-mode)
-(defvar auto-show-shift-amount 8
- "*Extra columns to scroll. for automatic horizontal scrolling.")
+(defcustom auto-show-shift-amount 8
+ "*Extra columns to scroll. for automatic horizontal scrolling."
+ :type 'integer
+ :group 'auto-show)
-(defvar auto-show-show-left-margin-threshold 50
+(defcustom auto-show-show-left-margin-threshold 50
"*Threshold column for automatic horizontal scrolling to the right.
If point is before this column, we try to scroll to make the left margin
-visible. Setting this to 0 disables this feature.")
+visible. Setting this to 0 disables this feature."
+ :type 'integer
+ :group 'auto-show)
(defun auto-show-truncationp ()
"True if line truncation is enabled for the selected window."
;;;###autoload
(defun auto-show-mode (arg)
"Turn automatic horizontal scroll mode on or off.
-With arg, turn auto scrolling on if arg is positive, off otherwise."
+With arg, turn auto scrolling on if arg is positive, off otherwise.
+This mode is enabled or disabled for each buffer individually.
+It takes effect only when `truncate-lines' is non-nil."
(interactive "P")
(setq auto-show-mode
(if (null arg)
"Scroll horizontally to make point visible, if that is enabled.
This function only does something if `auto-show-mode' is non-nil
and longlines are being truncated in the selected window.
-See also the command `auto-show-toggle'."
+See also the command `auto-show-mode'."
(interactive)
(if (and auto-show-mode (auto-show-truncationp)
(equal (window-buffer) (current-buffer)))