From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [dane@mail.abcsinc.com: Scroll bars]
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:44:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2593-Wed21Aug2002094458+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200208201721.g7KHLNV09768@wijiji.santafe.edu> (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:21:23 -0600 (MDT))
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:21:23 -0600 (MDT)
>
> Many computer users who are new to Emacs are accustomed to
> more-or-less Motif-like scroll behavior. They often get completely
> confused by the current non-arrow Xaw3D behavior. They think Emacs
> scroll bars are simply broken. Most of them don't send bug reports.
>
> By contrast, the old X users who are used to the xterm scroll bar
> commands will know how to cope if they get the Motif-like behavior.
> Even if they can't change it, they will figure out how to use it.
> They won't just give up and say "it's broken."
>
> We need a way to make Xaw3D always deliver Motif-like behavior.
FWIW, I agree with this analysis and the conclusion.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-21 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-17 4:50 [dane@mail.abcsinc.com: Scroll bars] Richard Stallman
2002-08-19 14:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-20 17:21 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-21 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] ` <m21y8rg350.fsf@primate.xs4all.nl>
2002-08-22 8:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2002-08-24 2:32 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <m2y9amslnp.fsf@primate.xs4all.nl>
2002-09-02 0:01 ` Richard Stallman
2002-09-02 17:16 ` Stefan Monnier
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