From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: scrollbar alternative Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:18 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268671210 31443 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2010 16:40:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:40:10 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs development discussions Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 15 17:40:06 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 1NrDKo-0002n5-6Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:40:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52752 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NrDKn-0007IX-I6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NrDJJ-0006gO-1L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:38:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38959 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NrDJH-0006fT-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrDJD-0005lY-4t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: from iwfs.imcode.com ([82.115.149.64]:56877 helo=gate.verona.se) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrDJC-0005kX-Ov for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:38:27 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (IDENT:1005@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gate.verona.se (8.13.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id o2FGcIv4023644 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:18 +0100 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:122008 Archived-At: David Engster wrote a neat package called minimap.el. It renders the current buffer with tiny fonts, in a mini window besides the current buffer. The mini-window has an overlay showing the position in the main window. It could be modified to replace a scrollbar. I sometimes use minimap.el, but I never use scrollbars. -- Joakim Verona