From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ERC: Scroll to bottom by default Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:30 -0400 Message-ID: <874ossyhmp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <7b501d5c0907310751y2d9626bcj75c75f328b3f95c2@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249055571 12280 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2009 15:52:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "mwolson@gnu.org" , Michael@furry, Emacs-Devel devel To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 31 17:52:44 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MWuPT-00038r-PE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:52:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59656 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWuPT-0002Gk-AX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWuPO-0002Fh-Tv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWuPK-00028v-0s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55304 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWuPJ-00028s-Ul for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po33.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.94]:42119) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWuPJ-0003dp-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po33.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n6VFqVjC004452 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:31 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D8C6D1ECC01; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:30 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0907310751y2d9626bcj75c75f328b3f95c2@mail.gmail.com> (Deniz Dogan's message of "Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:51:36 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113458 Archived-At: Deniz Dogan writes: > This has always bugged me and I keep forgetting how to set it, since > there are two variables that need to be changed. By default, ERC > buffers "scroll" just like other Emacs buffers, i.e. when point > reaches below the currently visible portion of the buffer (e.g. when a > new message arrives in an ERC buffer), it scrolls half a buffer > length. > > Given the nature of IRC and IM protocols in general, I think most > people would want to enable scrolltobottom by default and set > erc-input-line-position to -1, to make it act like pretty much every > other IRC client out there. > > What do people think about this proposal? CC'ing Michael Olson, ERC's maintainer.