Re: [9front] rio: resize flash patch

[Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>]

On November 29, 2020 8:48:46 PM EST, ori@eigenstate.org wrote:
>Quoth Alex Musolino <alex@musolino.id.au>:
>> 
>> Yeah, it *was* added for a time (changeset d0a53c92a84d) but later removed
>> because it caused some problems (changeset a43c3e5624da). For what it's worth,
>> I happen to like the ability to vary the stride of a scroll wheel click.  I'd
>> like to see this feature in acme.
>
>Agreed, I like it too. Also: The distance down the window controls the speed
>of scrolling everywhere else.
>
>But I get it -- it's definitely something that threw me off until I realized
>what was actually going on. If you don't know what changes scroll speed, having
>things scroll half a page at a time sometimes, but only a line at a time at
>other times can be disorienting.

galaxy brain scrolling was my idea (although i didn't implement it). it's also in sam and mothtra. i urged for it to br added to acme, and it was, but as alex mentioned, the implementation was broken so it was removed. it works just like clicking at different places in the scrollbar, only it's with the scrollwheel used anywhere. to me, it makes scrolling more intuitive and efficient.

shift+scroll for one line at a time (currently implemented only in rio) was likewise my idea. i think cinap actually implemented that one. i wanted it elsewhere, too, but it's more complicated in other privrams.

coincidentally i'm working on an update to fqa8 that explains all the currently extant scrolling quirks.

sl