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 13:42:24 +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 1268570734 17905 80.91.229.12 (14 Mar 2010 12:45:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:45:34 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 14 13:45:30 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 1NqnCC-00068K-G6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:45:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40992 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqnCC-0006wo-1q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NqnC7-0006w4-Am for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53372 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqnC5-0006vG-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqnC4-00028L-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52337) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqnC4-00028C-KC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqnC0-00060y-0o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:45:16 +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 13:45:16 +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 13:45:16 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 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:121948 Archived-At: Richard Riley writes: > 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. > "Left to write". Wow. Brain fart there!