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

[Chong Yidong]

Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:

>   > I'm familiar with the advantages, but this battle was fought long ago.
>   > Every graphical user interface created in the last X years puts the
>   > scroll bar on the right.
>
> I don't think that can be used as an argument.  If it could, then
> delete-selection-mode would be the default too, that's what everything
> on the desktop does...

Compatibility with other apps is a valid argument, just not an absolute
rule.

What we could do, though, is to put non-toolkit scrollbars on the left
and toolkit scrollbars on the right.  If that's an acceptable
compromise, I'll implement it.

>   > Try naming one other application on a modern
>   > GNU/Linux desktop that does the opposite by default---they don't exist.
>
> xterm AKA the only terminal that actually works.

(The key word is "modern"; and personally, I use xterm with the
scrollbar disabled.)