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

[Yavor Doganov]

Chong Yidong wrote:
> Every graphical user interface created in the last X years puts the
> scroll bar on the right.

Not true -- on GNUstep it is by default on the left (although it can
be controlled via the NSScrollViewInterfaceStyle user default which
was implemented at least 3-4 years ago).

David Kastrup wrote:
> But the scrollbar is on the left for a reason: _if_ you use the mouse
> for editing, you'll use it more often than not on the left (until Eli's
> work gets merged).  And the larger the windows are made horizontally,
> the more of a nuisance it is to move the mouse.

This makes sense to me.  I suspect that's one of the reasons why NeXT
made such decision.