GNU bug report logs - #7782
24.0.50; 24.0.50: set-scroll-bar-mode missing under non-GUI environments

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Message #17 received at 7782 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
Cc: theophilusx <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 7782 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7782: 24.0.50;
	24.0.50: set-scroll-bar-mode missing under non-GUI environments
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:20:27 -0500

> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:45:26 +0000
> From: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
> Cc: Tim Cross <theophilusx <at> gmail.com>, 7782 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 10/01/11 23:45, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> 
> > Since (set-)scroll-bar-mode is not
> > specific to one particular kind of display (it is shared by w32, X11,
> > and ns), it should exist independently from any particular display.
> 
> Plus there's no real reason in principle we couldn't draw text-mode 
> scroll bars on text terminals too, like old msdos borland ides etc.

There's one valid reason, as usual: someone should write the code.
Volunteers are welcome (no, I don't).

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