Re: scroll-conservatively default

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

  > > From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
  > > Cc: address@hidden
  > > Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:25:01 -0800
  > > 
  > > Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
  > > 
  > >   > > From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
  > >   > > Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:20:57 -0800
  > >   > > 
  > >   > > 2. Defaults should not be chosen based on what people that can write
  > >   > > their own .emacs like.
  > >   > 
  > >   > The point was that, given the age of this feature (see below), many
  > >   > users would be accustomed to this behavior, so changing this
  > >   > particular default would require them all to modify their .emacs.
  > >   > That's be a hassle, I think.
  > > 
  > > My point is that we need to balance the hassle for the old users with
  > > the one for new users that are not used to the behavior.
  > 
  > I think none of the people who reads this list qualify as
  > representatives of the latter population of Emacs users.

Agreed.

  > So it sounds
  > like this is an argument between old users who like the current
  > default and those who don't.

I disagree with that assessment, but I trust that these old users can
come to an agreement that is beneficial to most users, not just to
themselves.