From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scrollbar alternative Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:36:36 +0100 Message-ID: <7b501d5c1003151136n3416dacao8a11c793f0f76260@mail.gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268678366 28775 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2010 18:39:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:39:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs development discussions To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 15 19:39:14 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrFC4-00058Y-G2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:39:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35549 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NrFC3-0000oX-Rc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:39:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NrFA1-0006rI-DK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40829 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NrF9z-0006oV-BV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrF9y-0005rj-1Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:37275) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrF9x-0005rM-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:01 -0400 Original-Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so1112935wyf.0 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:36:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=TQnnyBhVtimT982RZFNOwRty64Eoy5PVc/p9w68iSAo=; b=vEmiLZyqzM0guPyxGlF7NXEUUyEoBGzkYv6jh1IUOxrmxDsa9UoHj0dDkY/DzIH9UZ BNo9bXn6Jr/1PDY35+3CR9v1qzH5gYbTx2NPfwpNC771jfyST6TIdds3PhYeWLssdZLx H6CA09s2pC5bQYCln6aJ2soeJrhGJxlBzVmhI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=I5vz+W5eAlc87TtwQZwzxNNN/0Lkt5Vc2TNofS7ni8ArmJgKMmoQyH+fNTZ72o/iw4 l4ZdrCWhvl8Z0t5PVTvHlvGe+JUhFDEvnsNtdi2zmCgyVI69/lTaW0YosJf1fQBpZSst bVdgINNB5phFWx1WEZOKntCD0OuIQiLcrs/cE= Original-Received: by 10.216.85.203 with SMTP id u53mr22994wee.184.1268678216254; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:36:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 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:122019 Archived-At: 2010/3/15 : > David Engster wrote a neat package called minimap.el. It renders the > current buffer with tiny fonts, in a mini window besides the current > buffer. The mini-window has an overlay showing the position in the main window. > > It could be modified to replace a scrollbar. > > I sometimes use minimap.el, but I never use scrollbars. > > -- > Joakim Verona > > > For anyone too lazy to use Google, here is minimap.el: http://www.randomsample.de/minimap.el I was actually thinking about something like this when I read the thread about the scrollbars (OT: they should be on the right ;)). I think the idea is very cool and I'd love to see something like this integrated with Emacs. -- Deniz Dogan