bug#35389: 27.0.50; [PATCH] Emacs on macOS sets mouse-wheel variables directly

[Tak Kunihiro]

>> >> (1 ((shift) . 5) ((control)))
>> >
>> > No, I don’t think it was discussed at all. As I said I think it was
>> > just thrown out there and nobody commented so it made it right
>> > through. I don’t think it matters at all if we want to do something
>> > different.
>> 
>> I think I proposed to change the default to that value before.  What was
>> in my mind is to maintain controlling amount of scroll by shift key.
>> 
>>   1. Current default (5 ((shift) . 1) ((control))) with acceleration,
>>   the only concern is to scroll less.  My muscle leaned to control speed
>>   of scroll by pressing shift.
>>   
>>   2. Value (1 ((shift) . 1) ((control))) works good for me.  I never
>>   think about speeding down the scroll.  Occasionally I want to speed up
>>   scroll.
>> 
>>   3. Value (1 ((shift) . 5) ((control))) is good for typical scroll and
>>   occasional fast scroll with the muscle memory.
>
> Item 3, the current default on macOS, makes Shift have the opposite
> effect from what it produces on other platforms.  Which is in general
> against our policy, AFAIU.

Value (1 ((shift) . 1) ((control))) isn't as useful as value (1 ((shift)
. 5) ((control))), is it?  If functionality of shift is described as
to change speed, the value can be fitted to the policy I suppose.