Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!guy From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: 79-character screen (horiz. scrolling) Message-ID: <2931@sun.uucp> Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 17:36:24 EST Article-I.D.: sun.2931 Posted: Sat Oct 26 17:36:24 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 04:16:29 EST References: <289@weitek.UUCP> <3300005@prism.UUCP> <296@weitek.UUCP> <1120@wucec2.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 15 > > True, but this isn't the same as true horizontal scrolling, where the > > screen follows the cursor automatically. .... > > If you want real horizontal scrolling, get a terminal that does it in > hardware; the HP2626 comes quickly to mind, there may be others. > > Failing that, I don't want to wait for a repaint, full or partial, of the > screen. I'd rather live with wrap. I'd rather wait for a repaint than live with wrap. Let's conclude that which is better or worse is a matter of taste and either 1) build editors for one or the other group of people or 2) make it an option that the user can select. Guy Harris