Re: Emacs, QT and Cairo Was: Re: Efforts to attract more users?

[Jan Djärv]

Andrew W. Nosenko skrev 2010-07-16 12.24:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:41, Jan Djärv<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Andrew W. Nosenko skrev 2010-07-16 01.15:
> > > Yet another example: scrollbars.  I remember discussions where better
> > > to place them by default.  But I don't remember anyone who pointed
> > > that position of scrollbars controlled by and desktop environment and
> > > gtkrc (GTK+ semi-analog of xrdb).  Where scrollbar should be?  --
> > > there where the rest of of desktop places it and controlled from the
> > > place where the rest of desktop controlled.  Of course it may and
> > > should be able to be customized on per-application basis and Emacs
> > > here far ahead of the rest.  But...  But why speaking about scrollbar
> > > on the right vs. scrollbar on the left [by default] no one mentioned
> > > third possibility: the desktop default setting?
> >
> > AFAIK, there is no desktop setting for scroll bar placements in GNOME, or by
> > theme.
>
> Exists since GTK+ 2.10
>
>      
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/GtkSettings.html#GtkSettings--gtk-scrolled-window-placement
>
> For set it by hand, for example, for place vertical scrollbar to the
> left by default you may add following line to your ~/.gtkrc-2.0
>
>      gtk-scrolled-window-placement = top-right

This only applies to GtkScrolledWindow according to the documentation:

"Specifies which corner a child widget should be placed in when packed into a 
GtkScrolledWindow.".

And there is no Gnome preference panel way to set it.  But we could use it I 
guess.

        Jan D.