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

[Chong Yidong]

James Cloos <address@hidden> writes:

> C> Put scroll-bar on right by default on UNIX.
>
> Ewww.  Why, if may I ask?
>
> Way over on the right makes the scrollbar essentially useless (except,
> of course, for putative buffers which are (will be) primarily r2l
> and those times when the frame is split horizontally).
>
> It really needs to be near the action, and on landscape displays the
> frames are typically wider than (most of) the text.

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.  Try naming one other application on a modern
GNU/Linux desktop that does the opposite by default---they don't exist.

Beyond a certain point, conflicting with users' expectations does more
harm than good.  But, you can do

  (set-scroll-bar-mode 'left)

or Options -> Show/Hide -> Scroll Bar -> On the Left.