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Documentation of mouse-wheel-progressive-speed clarification

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 45322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45322: Documentation of mouse-wheel-progressive-speed
 clarification
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 18:01:16 +0200

Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net> writes:

> That explains (the first sentence) the effect when the variable is nil,
> the scrolling speed is proportional to the wheel speed. When non-nil,
> scrolling speed will increase (progress) the more the wheel is turned.
> Isn't it.

[...]

>  (defcustom mouse-wheel-progressive-speed t
> -  "If non-nil, the faster the user moves the wheel, the faster the scrolling.
> +  "If non-nil, the more the user moves the wheel, the faster the scrolling.

Thanks for the patch, but I don't think just replacing "faster" with
"more" here clarifies all that much.  I've instead rewritten the doc
string according to your explanation in Emacs 28.

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