From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r99650: Put scroll-bar on right by default on UNIX. Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:34:35 +0100 Organization: aich tea tea pea dicky riley dot net Message-ID: References: <87ocitw2dl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87zl2cmufp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <224s67-o31.ln1@news.eternal-september.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268567495 7854 80.91.229.12 (14 Mar 2010 11:51:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:51:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 14 12:51:31 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 1NqmLz-0006f0-0S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:51:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqmLx-0004pl-KE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:51:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NqmKr-0004Eh-Su for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:50:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52722 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqmKq-0004CL-Em for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:50:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqmFy-0005nW-3y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:40382) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqmFx-0005nS-UT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:45:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqmFu-0004NZ-KT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:45:14 +0100 Original-Received: from 85.183.18.158 ([85.183.18.158]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:45:14 +0100 Original-Received: from rileyrgdev by 85.183.18.158 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:45:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.183.18.158 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:121947 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I, and most users I suspect, would want the scrollbar on the GUI version > in the same place as the HUGE majority for GUI "X" applications. On the > right. > > Why do you prefer it on the right? > In what way is that advantageous or convenient for you? > Because its in the same position as all other apps on my desktop. Arbitrary positioning of any UI element is silly and the reasons are well documented. In addition it isn't in my face since we tend to read and write left to write so spend more time in the left side of a window.