From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: set font size with ctrl-mouse wheel? Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:00:54 +0100 Organization: University of Cambridge Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248976913 3032 80.91.229.12 (30 Jul 2009 18:01:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:01:53 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 30 20:01:46 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 1MWZwo-00033r-2e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:01:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47070 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWZwn-0007eE-LP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:01:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWZwL-0007Wa-61 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:01:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWZwG-0007UY-G3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:01:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55768 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWZwG-0007US-9R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:01:12 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39003 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWZwF-0000Ev-KD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:01:11 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MWZw8-0005iS-4m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:01:04 +0000 Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:01:04 +0000 Original-Received: from sdl.web by smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:01:04 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bcerYJE+vCoFnu65iDZgFu+9gYg= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:113411 Archived-At: On 2009-07-30 15:42 +0100, Drew Adams wrote: >> > It'd be great if emacs could do this. >> >> I believe this is not the case. Using mouse wheel to change >> font size is almost useless, especially for emacs. > > Why is it "almost useless"? I use it all the time. Very handy. > > Yes, C-wheel might not be "standard", but it is pretty common - for MS > Windows users, at least (and that's a lot of users). It works in many > apps on Windows, from browsers to mail clients to, yes, editors. C-=, C-+ and C-0 are more standard way of changing font size and Emacs has provided similar key bindings for them. In my view, this is sufficient. > It's simple to use, and it doesn't really conflict with any existing > Emacs key bindings, AFAIK. Yes, mwheel-scroll uses C-wheel, but it > also uses just plain wheel - no real need for it to also claim > C-wheel, AFAICT. > You might not care to use C-wheel to zoom, in Emacs or elsewhere, but > what reason do you have to say that it "is almost useless, especially > for emacs"? Like I said, Emacs already has something for it. There is little use to put in some extra non-standard, uncommon and clumsy feature. -- Leo's Emacs uptime: 50 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes, 13 seconds