Re: Scrollbars ?

[Jan Djärv]

Michaël Cadilhac skrev:

> Another recipe:
>
> $ emacs -Q
> C-x 3 C-x  2 RET RET RET  RET (enough to make the  scroll bars useful)
> Then `zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' and  the scrollbar will get bigger,
> even if the line doesn't span over multiple lines.
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 22.0.50.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>  of 2006-05-27 on mahaena
> X server distributor `Gentoo (The X.Org Foundation 6.8.2, revision r6-0.1.13)', 
> version 11.0.60802000
> configured using `configure '--prefix=/usr''

This might be considered a bug.  At least it is a pity that the different 
scroll bars Emacs can be compiled with behave the same way.  The Lesstif/Motif 
and Gtk+ scroll bars does not have this behaviour (i.e. growing when zzzzz is 
pressed, they shrink instead).  I know that Lesstif/Motif/Gtk+ has another way 
of dealing with overscrolling than the native/Xaw3d scroll bars.  I think this 
is an unfortunate side effect of that.  On the other hand, many feel that the 
Lesstif/Motif/Gtk+ way of overscrolling is a bug too.  I guess we have to 
revisit this issue after the release.  I don't think this is so important to 
fix before that.

        Jan D.