Small mistake in emacs TUTORIAL

Small mistake in emacs TUTORIAL

[Brian Myers]

I've downloaded emacs 21-3, Windows version, and saw a minor mistake in
the TUTORIAL (I'm re-aquainting myself with an old friend ;-)

"If you are using a windowed display, such as X11 or MS-Windows, there
should be a tall rectangular area called a scroll bar at the left hand
<=======================
side of the Emacs window.  You can scroll the text by clicking the
mouse in the scroll bar."

I believe on most systems, the scroll bar is on the RIGHT, not the LEFT.


Best regards,
Brian Myers

Re: Small mistake in emacs TUTORIAL

[Miles Bader]

"Brian Myers" <Brian.Myers@oscmar.co.nz> writes:
> "If you are using a windowed display, such as X11 or MS-Windows, there
> should be a tall rectangular area called a scroll bar at the left hand
> <=======================
> side of the Emacs window.
>
> I believe on most systems, the scroll bar is on the RIGHT, not the LEFT.

It's OS (and toolkit?) dependent; see the variable `default-frame-scroll-bars'.

`default-frame-scroll-bars' is set to `right' on ms-windows and the mac,
and to `left' everywhere else.

-Miles
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RE: Small mistake in emacs TUTORIAL

[Drew Adams]

    > "If you are using a windowed display, such as X11 or MS-Windows, there
    > should be a tall rectangular area called a scroll bar at the left hand
    > <=======================
    > side of the Emacs window.

    It's OS (and toolkit?) dependent; see the variable
    `default-frame-scroll-bars'.

In that case, it would be good to correct the tutorial text to "left or
right side" (and no need for "hand", BTW).