From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gtk scrollbar: thumb too short Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:55:29 -0600 (CST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200303281355.HAA28432@eel.dms.auburn.edu> References: <20030325193739.ZGIN3924.fep01-svc.swip.net@gaffa.gaia.swipnet.se> <1048780121.14517.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200303271630.h2RGU1bT028651@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1048799271.15136.69.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200303272142.PAA27945@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <1048801290.15149.88.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200303280215.UAA28162@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200303281335.h2SDZDo3032736@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048859861 22187 80.91.224.249 (28 Mar 2003 13:57:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 28 14:57:37 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18yuMT-0005lT-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:57:37 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18yuOr-0004XO-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:00:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yuM0-0004Zj-02 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:57:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yuLB-0003wa-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yuKI-0003Ni-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:55:23 -0500 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yuJZ-0002Zv-00; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:54:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eel.dms.auburn.edu (eel.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.108]) h2SDsQB05073; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:54:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by eel.dms.auburn.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id HAA28432; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:55:29 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: eel.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu In-reply-to: <200303281335.h2SDZDo3032736@rum.cs.yale.edu> (monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu) Original-cc: jan.h.d@swipnet.se Original-cc: rms@gnu.org Original-cc: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de Original-cc: jody@gnome.org Original-cc: otaylor@redhat.com Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12697 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12697 Stefan Monnier wrote: Yes. The behavior of the scrollbar in the presence of large chunks of invisible text is definitely less than perfect. You and Owen are probably both right. This is probably just a case where I consider a certain behavior to be appropriate for no other reason than that I have grown used to it. The current way actually has some advantages, but it probably does not compensate for the negatives. Sincerely, Luc.