Re: gtk scroll bar deficiency

[grischka]

> The only cases where the "inconsistency" of the behavior is notable and
> where line-based counting would fare better is when you have a page full of
> empty lines mixed with other part full of long dense lines.  This is
> extremely rare.

This would then be a rare case where it is extremely notable.  

> Instead, the "inconsistent" behavior is more commonly due to images
> (scrolling images is currently poorly supported under Emacs) or to
> invisible text.
> 
> But feel free to try and write a patch to count based on lines
> and let other people try it.
>
>         Stefan

Shure, but you might want to make people happy with your own 
metaphores, not with someone else's. 

--- grischka