Re: Compiling Emacs with GTK

[Hendrik Sattler <sattler2000@gmx.de>]

David Kastrup wrote:

> Hendrik Sattler <sattler2000@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>> David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>>> And that's because the ergonomics of almost all toolkit scrollbars
>>> suck.
>>> 
>>> To change the direction of moving, I have to move the
>>> mouse.  I can't control the size of the move except by dragging (a
>>> recipe for RSI).  When scrolling in one direction repeatedly, the
>>> moment the scroll "thumbmark" gyrates under the mouse cursor, it
>>> stops working.
>>
>> Mouse wheels are a great invention. Instead of mouse1/mouse2 to
>> scroll, you use scroll_up/scroll_down, nothing is more intuitive
>> than that.  And at least with QT, you can use that on a horizontal
>> scrollbar, too, if you place the mouse cursor over it.  Some mice
>> offer a real button instead of the wheel (I like this even better).
>>
>> And since this is about a text editor: PgUp/PgDown exist ;)
> 
> All those are arguments for not using the scrollbar at all.  While you
> can turn it off with Emacs easily, it is somewhat pointless to discuss
> what scrollbar type is the best when not used.

I only see it as indication of where I am in the whole page.
Your points (using mouse1/mouse2 to scroll down/up) do not really use the
scroll bar, either. To use the scroll _bar_ itself, you actually have to
drag it. The only other good use would the it jumps to point where you
click (but did not find one that does this, yet).

HS