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

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Tim Cross <theophilusx <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <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: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:05:40 -0800

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>> In a without-x build, neither tool-bar-mode nor set-scroll-bar-mode is
>>> defined.
>>
>> That's the problem.  I know Emacs has many such things already, but
>> I think these are all bugs: I think we should adopt a convention that
>> functions/variables should either be specific to one particular kind of
>> display, or be display-independent.  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.
>
> I think that makes sense conceptually, but I think that people that do
> a --without-x build do so for a particular reason: They want to have as
> lean an Emacs as possible.  (Otherwise -- why bother?)
[snip]
> Does anybody have an opinion here?

How many kilobytes does not preloading it save?  It might be that the
savings are so small that the code simplification is more worthwhile.

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