From: Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 45322@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45322: Documentation of mouse-wheel-progressive-speed clarification
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 19:34:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lf8a1prs.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1i6llbn.fsf@gnus.org>
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> That explains (the first sentence) the effect when the variable is nil,
>> the scrolling speed is proportional to the wheel speed. When non-nil,
>> scrolling speed will increase (progress) the more the wheel is turned.
>> Isn't it.
>
> [...]
>
>> (defcustom mouse-wheel-progressive-speed t
>> - "If non-nil, the faster the user moves the wheel, the faster the scrolling.
>> + "If non-nil, the more the user moves the wheel, the faster the scrolling.
>
> Thanks for the patch, but I don't think just replacing "faster" with
> "more" here clarifies all that much. I've instead rewritten the doc
> string according to your explanation in Emacs 28.
Thanks, I think it is less confusing and more correct now.
But still, in my experience, the progression of scroll speed is in
effect with a constant rotational speed of the mouse wheel.
>
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Tomas
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2020-12-19 13:28 bug#45322: Documentation of mouse-wheel-progressive-speed clarification Tomas Nordin
2021-05-16 16:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-19 19:34 ` Tomas Nordin [this message]
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