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### 5.45 How can I force Emacs to scroll only one line when I move past the bottom of the screen?

Customize the `scroll-conservatively` variable with `M-x customize-variable RET scroll-conservatively RET` and set it to a large value like, say, 10000. For an explanation of what this means, see Auto Scrolling in The GNU Emacs Manual.

Alternatively, use the following Lisp form in your `.emacs`:

    (setq scroll-conservatively most-positive-fixnum)