From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs
Subject: bug#51210: Customizable other-window-for-scrolling
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 10:38:41 +0200
Organization: LINKOV.NET
Message-ID: <86o84revzi.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
References: <878ryvh6bz.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
 <d1968d79-1954-29ed-9d04-9dae38954d9b@gmx.at>
 <861r1v1foe.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
 <96d50c26-ea56-5ff6-3cc3-25652d744ca4@gmx.at>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214";
	logging-data="8828"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io"
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Cc: 51210@debbugs.gnu.org
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 04 09:46:14 2022
Return-path: <bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>
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 <bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>)
	id 1n4fSQ-00023a-33
	for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:46:14 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57082 helo=lists1p.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1)
	(envelope-from <bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>)
	id 1n4fSO-00044O-6A
	for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:46:12 -0500
Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58168)
 by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>)
 id 1n4fSE-00043p-H8
 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:46:02 -0500
Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53693)
 by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>)
 id 1n4fSE-0006Iw-7K
 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:46:02 -0500
Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2)
 (envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1n4fSE-0008N3-6p
 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:46:02 -0500
X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org
Resent-From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org>
Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:46:02 +0000
Resent-Message-ID: <handler.51210.B51210.164128590632099@debbugs.gnu.org>
Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org
X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 51210
X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs
Original-Received: via spool by 51210-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B51210.164128590632099
 (code B ref 51210); Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:46:02 +0000
Original-Received: (at 51210) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jan 2022 08:45:06 +0000
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37005 helo=debbugs.gnu.org)
 by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
 (envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org>)
 id 1n4fRK-0008Le-FT
 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:45:06 -0500
Original-Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.230]:46305)
 by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
 (envelope-from <juri@linkov.net>) id 1n4fRG-0008Kb-5r
 for 51210@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:45:04 -0500
Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net)
 by relay10.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E823D240008;
 Tue,  4 Jan 2022 08:44:54 +0000 (UTC)
In-Reply-To: <96d50c26-ea56-5ff6-3cc3-25652d744ca4@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's
 message of "Fri, 31 Dec 2021 10:11:53 +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" <bug-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/bug-gnu-emacs>,
 <mailto:bug-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs>
List-Post: <mailto:bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:bug-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-emacs>,
 <mailto:bug-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org
Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs"
 <bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>
Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:223632
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs/223632>

>>> Maybe a variable 'other-window-scroll-window' whose value could be a
>>> function to get that window.
>>
>> Since there is already the word "window" in the function name,
>> maybe better would be 'other-window-scroll-default' that hints
>> that it overrides the default that is the next window:
>
> Since we already have 'other-window-scroll-buffer' this might be
> confusing.

It's named intentionally to be similar with 'other-window-scroll-buffer'.

> And shouldn't a window, if specified, override a specified buffer?

Its purpose is to override only the part that hard-codes 'next-window'.

> BTW I think we should move 'other-window-for-scrolling' to
> window.el - all it does is call Lisp primitives.  And turn
> scroll_command into 'Fscroll_command' (or, better 'Fscroll_window') so
> things like 'scroll-down' (or, better 'scroll-window-down') and
> 'scroll-other-window-down' could end up in window.el too.  But maybe I'm
> missing some important detail.

I agree it would be nice to move scrolling commands to Lisp.