Re: [PATCH] new feature: horizontal scrolling of full screen

On 2026-01-06 09:03, Xylia Allegretta wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In summary: a patch that horizontally "scrolls" the viewport in
>> steps of nearly a full screen width will not be accepted.
> 
> Well, okay. I've modified the patch to scroll in steps of 8 characters, but it
> could easily be changed later to be entirely smooth, I guess. It might be
> worth additionally changing the distance from the side of the screen that
> causes scrolling. I've also added some more checks and made a screen
> refresh call the function to update the scroll position if it hadn't
> been already.
> It seems like undo/redo, return, cut/uncut, the help text, and the mouse
> are working better now.

Would it make sense to have 8 as a default, but to have it user modifiable? Then people could choose 1 or 64, or whatever they like.
Cheers,
Peter