From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal to improve the nomenclature of scrolling directions Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:24:45 +0000 Message-ID: <87zk2qle2a.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> References: <87a9uvv6ng.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87bof9s7cl.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <874nl0ov8g.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <20635.63115.874182.168553@winooski.ccs.neu.edu> <87liecnelf.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <83390k0wgy.fsf@gnu.org> <83sj8jz0rs.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2zmn9hh.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <838vaazux6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352492702 1202 80.91.229.3 (9 Nov 2012 20:25:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dan@haxney.org, eli@barzilay.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, dmoncayo@gmail.com, stephen@xemacs.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 09 21:25:11 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TWv8Y-0004JE-2W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:25:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55466 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWv8O-0008V3-Qh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:25:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57966) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWv8M-0008UP-TP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:24:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWv8L-0000ez-FS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:24:58 -0500 Original-Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:60276 helo=mail.esperi.org.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWv8J-0000dS-LU; Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:24:55 -0500 Original-Received: from spindle.srvr.nix (nix@spindle.srvr.nix [192.168.14.15]) by mail.esperi.org.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qA9KOjDl021996; Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:24:45 GMT Emacs: because you deserve a brk today. In-Reply-To: <838vaazux6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:56:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DCC-x.dcc-servers-Metrics: spindle 104; Body=7 Fuz1=7 Fuz2=7 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 81.187.191.129 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:154776 Archived-At: On 9 Nov 2012, Eli Zaretskii told this: >> From: Nix >> ... which is a good sign that a small core change might make it possible >> to implement this feature on its own in a few lines, without requiring >> all the scroll-in-place machinery. Something else for me to look at :) > > If you could describe what change are you looking for, and how not > displaying point might help with scroll-in-place like behavior, I > might be able to help. (Sorry, couldn't read all this longish > thread.) It's the other way round: the way scroll-in-place.el is currently implemented, Eli noted that it would be quite easy to make it implement a 'stationary cursor' like users of other editors might be used to. -- NULL && (void)