From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50269: 27.2; Request: use GTK continuous scroll events for smooth touchpad scrolling Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:57:16 +0300 Message-ID: <83ilznj57n.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32404"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50269@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alexander Huntley Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 30 17:59:20 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjgs-0008FO-TU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:59:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45110 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjgr-0002DO-Pj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:59:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41268) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjfe-00010n-MQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:58:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48478) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjfe-0007r6-AG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjfe-0000Uw-88 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:58:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50269 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50269-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50269.16303390521855 (code B ref 50269); Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50269) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Aug 2021 15:57:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60024 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjf9-0000Tr-U5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53250) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjf8-0000Td-Fd for 50269@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51592) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjf3-0007Kx-7e; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:57:25 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2961 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKjf1-0005VD-T1; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:57:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Alexander Huntley on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:35:19 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213032 Archived-At: > From: Alexander Huntley > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:35:19 +0100 > > When using a laptop touchpad, native GTK applications use continuous > scroll events to give much smoother scrolling, whereas Emacs simply > emulates the discrete scrolling events of a mouse scroll wheel. This > makes touchpad scrolling under Emacs feel much less natural than many > other Linux applications. > > Would it be possible to expose these events to elisp and hence get nice > pixel-perfect scrolling in Emacs? Did you try "M-x pixel-scroll-mode RET"? It isn't perfect, but maybe it's "good enough" for your needs?