From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r99650: Put scroll-bar on right by default on UNIX. Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:41 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87ocitw2dl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83pr371rl2.fsf@gnu.org> <873a03pmgn.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87d3z7pfwc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878w9v1k1v.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r5nmo11z.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <1sq077-e9o.ln1@news.eternal-september.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268631496 24419 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2010 05:38:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:38:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Riley Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 15 06:38:12 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 1Nr30D-0001Cz-PA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:38:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59684 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nr30C-0003Zh-TY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:38:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nr301-0003ZK-HF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:37:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38573 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nr2zu-0003YJ-Kn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:37:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nr2zp-0002q5-My for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:37:50 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:39518) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nr2zp-0002pU-7T; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:37:45 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id o2F5bZUM025347; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:41 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:41 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.113.131] [10.114.113.131]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:41 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 8560352E215; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:37:41 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <1sq077-e9o.ln1@news.eternal-september.org> (Richard Riley's message of "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:49:35 +0100") Original-Lines: 15 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (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:121988 Archived-At: Richard Riley writes: >> That's pretty flimsy... > > Not really in that it makes perfect sense. Most keyboard jockeys use a > scroll bar to indicate relative positioning with most apps, and it being > on the right IS out of the way and it being on the right is more > consistent with the HUGE majority of other desktop applications. ... those are pretty flimsy too. -Miles -- Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.