Subject: Re: bug#4524: 23.1.50; Fullscreen mode layout fixed (Reopen of bug#4363)

From: Jan Djärv <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:41:07 +0100

Ulrich Neumerkel skrev 2009-11-14 20.18:
>> There is no no-mans-land for the Gtk-version of Emacs. This fixes it for the
>> Lucid-version:
>
> But there are other problems with the Gtk-version that causes me to
> use the --without-toolkit-scroll-bars option.
>
> I.e. you cannot do precise positioning.  Also you cannot undo precisely
> a page-next.  This is very useful, in particular if you are not sitting
> in front of the screen but helping someone out - using only the mouse.
>
> Here is a nice explanation of these features:
> http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/athena-scrollbars

This is something the people at Gtk+ decided, nothing Emacs can do about it.

	Jan D.