David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That talks about "viewer controls". Emacs is not predominantly a > viewer, but an editor. That means that one uses the mouse often to > place point, and the left border is more important than the right > border. For a mere viewer, the right placement has the minuscule > advantage that the typical cursor image does not obscur any content.
That is a good point, but I'm not sure that 'viewer controls' refers to read-only widgets only. For what it's worth, the GNOME text editor (gedit) has its scroll bar on the right. -- Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Last night the whole of hell it's a miracle -- http://orebokech.com/ | came down to bathe and dine | with us. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel