Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r99650: Put scroll-bar on right by default on UNIX.

[David Kastrup]

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, everybody.
>
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 01:16:08PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> > The problem is with how ``convenient'' is decided.  I suspect most
>> > users nowadays will say that having the scroll bar on the right is
>> > the most ``convenient''. 
>
>> They may, but I suspect they can't actually say why...
>
> I can.  On the right, the scroll bar doesn't get in the way, at least not
> very much.  On the left, it is very close to where you're mostly
> inserting/deleting/reading text, and acts like a dripping tap, a sounding
> foghorn, a nagging wife, some illocatable rotting fish.  It takes over
> your mind, reducing your concentration on what you're doing.

It might help to reduce its size.  I use --without-toolkit-scrollbars
myself and additionally

(setq-default scroll-bar-width 15)


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David Kastrup