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From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it possible to scroll smoothly in Emacs?
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:52:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gjub4mtaywrh.fsf@W0144758.usac.mmm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvbnnj82nq.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Actually, even though I personally don't miss smooth scrolling, that
>> student did convince me that it's a good idea: it is quite easy to press
>> C-v/M-v accidentally and get lost.  Smooth scrolling gives a visual clue
>> of the direction we went in the file.  It's not really a question of
>> aesthetics, it is a question of usability/UX.
>
> FWIW, I agree.  I don't consider it high-priority enough to work on it,
> but I'd welcome patches which provide something like it.
>
>
>         Stefan


I don't think I understand.  My emacs seems to scroll fairly smoothly to me.
What exactly are we talking about when we say 'smooth scroll'?

Dave




  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-05 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.15085.1417465063.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-03 17:12 ` Is it possible to scroll smoothly in Emacs? Bug Dout
2014-12-03 18:40   ` Drew Adams
2014-12-03 19:12   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-12-04 13:41   ` Phillip Lord
2014-12-04 21:04     ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-04 21:47       ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2014-12-04 21:50         ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-04 22:35       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-12-05 14:52         ` J. David Boyd [this message]
2014-12-05 16:15           ` Yuri Khan
2014-12-05 20:24             ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-01 20:17 Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-01 20:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 22:15   ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-02  3:34     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 12:12       ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-02 13:50         ` Eli Zaretskii

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