bug#64428: [PATCH] Fix flymake mode line scrolling with pixel-scroll-precision-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> Cc: sbaugh@catern.com,  64428@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:16:41 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> * lisp/progmodes/flymake.el:(flymake--mode-line-counter-scroll-prev,
> >> flymake--mode-line-counter-scroll-next,
> >> flymake--mode-line-counter-map): Add.
> >> (flymake--mode-line-counter): Use new keymap and include 'type as a
> >> property in the mode-line.
> >
> > Thanks.  Any reason you couldn't simply add more events to the
> > existing code?
> 
> Two reasons:
> 
> 1. I initially did that but it made the code uglier.  Also, this code is
> run every time the mode-line is updated, and adding more of that seems
> bad.
> 
> 2. This makes describe-key work better and makes it possible for users
> to configure the scroll direction or add more bindings for different
> things.

This means your changeset is actually two different loosely-related
changes.  The one that refactors the original code needs approval from
João (CC'ed).  Once João is happy with that refactoring, I'm okay with
adding the extra events to it.