Scrolling Long Lines Revisited. Again.

This seems like a perennial topic[1], that regularly gets dismissed --
vertically scrolling by "screen lines" vs. "real lines".

In addition to casting yet another vote to get this feature added, I
would just like to remind users that there is a "compelling advantage"
to having this ability, best described IMHO in Paul Tremblay's 2001
post below -- since reading/writing long-lines is almost unbearable --
I often get disoriented, and stressed when the display jerks up/down
random distances. (Yes, ideally we probably should be working with
short lines, but long-lines inevitably crop up in numerous places.)

Although, I think Vim *already* can do this, if the line is long
enough to fill the entire display! So, I would blindly speculate,
implementing proper screen-line scrolling shouldn't be too hard? :P

[1]

2001 "scrolling long lines":
http://marc.info/?l=vim&m=100485909423627&w=2

2002 "smooth scroll":
http://marc.info/?l=vim&m=102468968303594&w=2

2005 "how to view a long line":
http://marc.info/?l=vim&m=111466655128136&w=2

2009 "can vim jump line by screen-line":
http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/85318546ec889513/73ac449d902662e6

2010 "long lines and scrolling":
http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/ed77cb8d39ff1bbf/31d252de859a80d5

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