From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scroll-conservatively default Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:10:12 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200712020048.lB20mS9R002812@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200712032120.lB3LKwJ1003309@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200712040725.lB47P150025265@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196802693 26768 80.91.229.12 (4 Dec 2007 21:11:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 04 22:11:41 2007 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 1Izf36-0004hT-1T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:11:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Izf2p-0002d8-Bh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:11:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Izf2W-0002T9-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:10:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Izf2S-0002Rg-Tc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:10:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Izf2S-0002RX-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:10:44 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Izf2S-00040C-73 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:10:44 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-222-88.inter.net.il [84.229.222.88]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id IMD50017 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 23:07:36 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <200712040725.lB47P150025265@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> (message from Dan Nicolaescu on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:25:01 -0800) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:84672 Archived-At: > From: Dan Nicolaescu > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:25:01 -0800 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > > From: Dan Nicolaescu > > > Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:20:57 -0800 > > > > > > 2. Defaults should not be chosen based on what people that can write > > > their own .emacs like. > > > > The point was that, given the age of this feature (see below), many > > users would be accustomed to this behavior, so changing this > > particular default would require them all to modify their .emacs. > > That's be a hassle, I think. > > My point is that we need to balance the hassle for the old users with > the one for new users that are not used to the behavior. I think none of the people who reads this list qualify as representatives of the latter population of Emacs users. So it sounds like this is an argument between old users who like the current default and those who don't.