Re: meld scrollbars

[Gilboa Davara <gilboad gmail com>]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 18:23 +0000, Stephen Kennedy wrote:
> Hi all, if anybody has been using the svn version, you'll have noticed
> that the margin drawing has moved into the scrollbar trough. I don't
> think the change has been entirely successful and plan to revert it.
> Pros and cons:
> + All textviews now get a diff map (previously the middle pane
> wouldn't have one)
> + The textviews get a little wider
> -  Scrollbar gets very busy looking - with many changes the scroll
> handle is obscured
> 
> Another option is to remove the scrollbars from the textviews entirely
> and have one master scrollbar for all panes with a combined diffmap
> beside the scrollbar.
> + Middle pane gets a diffmap
> + Saves some horizontal space
> + No scrollbars mean prettier drawing for 3 way merges
> + Does anybody use the other (non right hand side) scrollbars anyway?
> I only use them when a large block has been deleted and want to look
> at the contents.
> 
> I did some experiments with this option but didn't get very far as I
> couldn't find the magic to turn off the vertical scrollbar and hook it
> up to an external scrollbar. Any links to gtk scrolling docs welcome.
> 
> Comments?
> Stephen.

/+1 for a single scrollbar.
... Tough, what happens when you compare a 200 line file to a single
line file? (With only the last line matching)

- Gilboa