From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is it possible to scroll smoothly in Emacs? Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:35:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <86tx1codxj.fsf@mailinator.com> <87vblrpm57.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <877fy7azys.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417732854 17458 80.91.229.3 (4 Dec 2014 22:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:40:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 23:40:47 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwf4o-0003RM-09 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:40:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48012 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwf4n-0002ri-GU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:40:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58673) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwf4M-0002rb-9F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:40:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwf4A-0002JA-Sv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:40:18 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:51250) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwf4A-0002Fo-Mj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwf47-0002zX-8R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:40:03 +0100 Original-Received: from 76-10-164-234.dsl.teksavvy.com ([76.10.164.234]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:40:03 +0100 Original-Received: from monnier by 76-10-164-234.dsl.teksavvy.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:40:03 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 11 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 76-10-164-234.dsl.teksavvy.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wfvD/+rnnUQtKxH5xISekgMX7lg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101410 Archived-At: > 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