diff --git a/lua/vis-std.lua b/lua/vis-std.lua
index 5dd13eb28..1fe93a9d9 100644
--- a/lua/vis-std.lua
+++ b/lua/vis-std.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ vis.events.subscribe(vis.events.WIN_HIGHLIGHT, function(win)
 	if not lexer then return end
 
 	-- TODO: improve heuristic for initial style
-	local viewport = win.viewport
+	local viewport = win.viewport.bytes
 	if not viewport then return end
 	local horizon_max = win.horizon or 32768
 	local horizon = viewport.start < horizon_max and viewport.start or horizon_max
diff --git a/vis-lua.c b/vis-lua.c
index 96f2fb803..2c4e0b7e2 100644
--- a/vis-lua.c
+++ b/vis-lua.c
@@ -531,24 +531,6 @@ static void pushrange(lua_State *L, Filerange *r) {
 	lua_settable(L, -3);
 }
 
-static void pushlinemap(lua_State *L, Win *win) {
-	if (!win || !win->view) {
-		lua_pushnil(L);
-		return;
-	}
-	View *view = win->view;
-	Line *line = view_lines_first(view);
-	size_t lines = view_height_get(view);
-	lua_createtable(L, lines, 0);
-	for (lua_Integer l = 1; l <= lines; l++) {
-		if (!line)
-			break;
-		lua_pushunsigned(L, line->lineno);
-		lua_seti(L, -2, l);
-		line = line->next;
-	}
-}
-
 static Filerange getrange(lua_State *L, int index) {
 	Filerange range = text_range_empty();
 	if (lua_istable(L, index)) {
@@ -1849,11 +1831,10 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg registers_funcs[] = {
 
 /***
  * Viewport currently being displayed.
- * @tfield Range viewport
- */
-/***
- * A list mapping lines in the viewport to logical lines in the file.
- * @tfield list linemap
+ * Changing these values will not move the viewport.
+ * @table viewport
+ * @tfield Range bytes
+ * @tfield Range lines
  */
 /***
  * The window width.
@@ -1889,13 +1870,18 @@ static int window_index(lua_State *L) {
 		const char *key = lua_tostring(L, 2);
 
 		if (strcmp(key, "viewport") == 0) {
-			Filerange r = view_viewport_get(win->view);
-			pushrange(L, &r);
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		if (strcmp(key, "linemap") == 0) {
-			pushlinemap(L, win);
+			Filerange b = view_viewport_get(win->view);
+			Filerange l;
+			l.start = view_lines_first(win->view)->lineno;
+			l.end = view_lines_last(win->view)->lineno;
+
+			lua_createtable(L, 0, 2);
+			lua_pushstring(L, "bytes");
+			pushrange(L, &b);
+			lua_settable(L, -3);
+			lua_pushstring(L, "lines");
+			pushrange(L, &l);
+			lua_settable(L, -3);
 			return 1;
 		}