From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: ERC: Scroll to bottom by default Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:41:33 -0700 Message-ID: <2AC76A42AE8047C098229818FA4EBB7C@us.oracle.com> References: <7b501d5c0907310751y2d9626bcj75c75f328b3f95c2@mail.gmail.com><3b31caf90907311031u4b31a3a2k81276c134502bcec@mail.gmail.com> <7b501d5c0907311128k33c309b3o5d934691068a9071@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249065721 10814 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2009 18:42:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Deniz Dogan'" , "'Edward O'Connor'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 31 20:41:54 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 1MWx39-0004RX-Lh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:41:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52567 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWx39-0006hh-2q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWx34-0006hc-K3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWx30-0006hQ-2e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44126 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWx2z-0006hN-Vh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:34883 helo=rgminet12.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWx2z-0001gE-K6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:41 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n6VIfahf006298 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:41:37 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt004.oracle.com (abhmt004.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n6VIfrPC021500; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:41:53 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.98.141) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:41:34 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0907311128k33c309b3o5d934691068a9071@mail.gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcoSDSiwjyflEwFnTTqLVepFnIxX8QAAIBCA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt004.oracle.com [141.146.116.13] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090204.4A733ADF.01BC:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:113475 Archived-At: > I simply don't see the point in having half a window of empty > space in an IRC buffer. In my eyes, the current defaults are just a > waste of screen space in the name of being like the rest of Emacs in > general. I haven't followed this thread. Apologies if I misunderstand. It sounds like you are perhaps talking about bug #3576: http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3576 If so, this is the bottom line as to why the bug is unlikely to be fixed (from Stefan): > The real justification is that it's difficult to implement > and the benefits are dubious.