From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 57970@debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com
Subject: bug#57970: 29.0.50; Create new defgroup for pixel-scroll.el
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:52:46 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837cowr9kh.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <s0dbke8g444.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:46:03 +0800)
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, larsi@gnus.org, 57970@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:46:03 +0800
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > This particular discussion is about two modes that have very similar
> > names. I think explaining the strengths and weaknesses (even if they
> > are minor and can be overcome, given enough efforts) goes at least
> > some way towards resolving user confusion about these two, and
> > changing the name, even if not 110% accurate, is even better.
>
> Users customarily search for terms in the vein of "pixel scroll", which
> that must still be taken into account: whatever name we select for the
> mode should incorporate the word "pixel".
>
> One more data point: within the stream of feature requests that
> constitued the impetus for my decision to implement this feature, not a
> single request mentioned the word "touchpad", whereas "pixel" and
> "precise" abounded. At least in my recollection.
We could use touchpad-pixel-scroll, for example.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-11 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-21 8:02 bug#57970: 29.0.50; Create new defgroup for pixel-scroll.el Stefan Kangas
2022-09-21 11:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-21 13:51 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-09-21 14:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2023-09-11 0:21 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-09-11 8:37 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-11 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-11 12:45 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-11 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-11 14:46 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-11 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-09-11 0:17 ` Stefan Kangas
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