From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brendan Miller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs 23 scrollbar behavior Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:13:50 -0800 Message-ID: References: <4B9A1954.3090000@sun.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268442874 14412 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2010 01:14:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ingo_Str=FCwing?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 13 02:14:28 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqFvq-0001fp-Ke for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:14:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47265 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqFvp-00050p-OV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:14:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NqFvQ-0004zU-Is for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50276 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqFvO-0004yw-JJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqFvN-0001XE-9U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:62182) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqFvN-0001X5-4p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:53 -0500 Original-Received: by pwj9 with SMTP id 9so1322562pwj.0 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:13:51 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.143.85.10 with SMTP id n10mr1604020wfl.106.1268442830942; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:13:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B9A1954.3090000@sun.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:72406 Archived-At: I'm also having trouble as well with gtk emacs 23.1.1 where if I scroll by dragging the scroll bar, it sometimes selects a bunch of text... Sounds like the same problem? I have my scrollbar on the right side (why the heck is this still not the default?) if that effects it at all. Is there any way to fix this? On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Ingo Str=FCwing w= rote: > Hi, > > is there a way to configure the scrollbar behavior to match that of > other X11 applications in emacs 23? > > Scrollbars of other applications behave like this: To scroll, one > presses the left mouse button on the slider. Then one drags the mouse > around. On release of the mouse button, the slider remains, where it was > at button release time. Regardless if the mouse pointer is on the slider > or not. A pre-existing selection is not affected. > > Emacs 23 (as it is configured for me now) behaves differently on button > release: > > - If the mouse pointer is not on the slider, the slider jumps back to > where it was when the drag started. That is, where it was when the mouse > button was *pressed*. A pre-existing selection is not affected. > > - If the mouse pointer is (moved back) on the slider, the slider remains > where it was at button release time. A pre-existing selection is > replaced by the area that the scroll action moved over between button > press and button release. > > Can I somehow configure the "normal" X11 behavior, which former versions > of emacs used to follow too? > > Regards > Ingo > -- > Ingo Str=FCwing, Database Group > Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten > Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Thomas Schr=F6der, Wolfgang Engels > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin H=E4ring =A0 HRB M=FCnchen 161028 > > >