Re: Emacs 23 scrollbar behavior

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 12.03.2010 um 11:37 schrieb Ingo Strüwing:

> is there a way to configure the scrollbar behavior to match that of
> other X11 applications in emacs 23?

Compile it with GTK support!

> Scrollbars of other applications behave like this: To scroll, one
> presses the left mouse button on the slider. Then one drags the mouse
> around. On release of the mouse button, the slider remains, where it  
> was
> at button release time. Regardless if the mouse pointer is on the  
> slider
> or not. A pre-existing selection is not affected.

You do not have a mouse with a scroll-wheel? That's much easier,  
because you don't need to move the mouse to the slider in the scroll- 
bar.

> Can I somehow configure the "normal" X11 behavior, which former  
> versions
> of emacs used to follow too?


Invoke

        ./configure --help

and see all options!

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