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Re: scroll-conservatively default


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: scroll-conservatively default
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:10:12 +0200

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





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