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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: James Cloos <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:02:40 -0400
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>       address@hidden, Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> 
> The most important use of the scroll bar in a keyboard-controlable app
> like Emacs is as a visual reference to the size of the buffer as compared
> to the size of the visible window.
> 
> That only works when it is near the text.

Do you really need this indication so often as to make this a serious
argument?

> Most apps should have their vertical bar on the left in l2r locales and
> right in r2l locales.

Guess what? most apps I've seen don't change their scroll bar location
no matter which directionality is the prevailing one in the current
locale.

And what is ``r2l locale'', anyway?  Let's say I have on the same
frame one buffer with prose in R2L script, and another buffer with a C
or Lisp source -- do you want Emacs to display the scroll bar for each
buffer on different sides? in the same frame?