Reduce cursor lag and enhance smooth scrolling

init.el

@@ -242,23 +242,26 @@
 ;; window.
 (setq scroll-preserve-screen-position t)
 
+;; Setting `scroll-conservatively' to a high number like 10000 makes Emacs only
+;; scroll a little bit to bring your cursor back into view, minimizing
+;; unnecessary page movements.
+(setq scroll-conservatively 10000)
+
+;; Enables smooth scrolling by making Emacs scroll the window by 1 line whenever
+;; the cursor moves off the visible screen.
+(setq scroll-step 1)
+
+;; Reduce cursor lag by :
+;; 1. Prevent automatic adjustments to `window-vscroll' for long lines.
+;; 2. Resolve the issue of random half-screen jumps during scrolling.
+(setq auto-window-vscroll nil)
+
+;; Trigger scrolling when the cursor is 1 line from the window edge.
+(setq scroll-margin 1)
+
+;; Horizontal scrolling
 (setq hscroll-margin 2
-      hscroll-step 1
-      ;; Emacs spends excessive time recentering the screen when the cursor
-      ;; moves more than N lines past the window edges (where N is the value of
-      ;; `scroll-conservatively`). This can be particularly slow in larger files
-      ;; during extensive scrolling. If `scroll-conservatively` is set above
-      ;; 100, the window is never automatically recentered. The default value of
-      ;; 0 triggers recentering too aggressively. Setting it to 10 reduces
-      ;; excessive recentering and only recenters the window when scrolling
-      ;; significantly off-screen.
-      scroll-conservatively 10
-      scroll-margin 0
-      ;; Reduce cursor lag by preventing automatic adjustments to
-      ;; `window-vscroll' for unusually long lines. Setting
-      ;; `auto-window-vscroll' it to nil also resolves the issue of random
-      ;; half-screen jumps during scrolling.
-      auto-window-vscroll nil)
+      hscroll-step 1)
 
 ;;; Mouse Scroll