Bug#376996: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#376996: xfce4-terminal: enable smooth mousewheel scroll option

Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com
Fri Jul 7 02:26:57 UTC 2006


i also have a section in xorg.conf set up for my trackpad.  could
there be a conflict?

On 7/6/06, Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> well, this is certainly strange.  i've looked at my xorg.conf to see
> if i have anything out of the ordinary.  my mouse section is:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
>     Driver         "mouse"
>     Option         "CorePointer"
>     Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>     Option         "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> #    Option         "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> #    Option         "Buttons" "7"
>     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
>     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> i tried both the ImPS/2 and ExplorerPS/2 protocols; both of which
> scroll 12 lines per mouse wheel in xfce4-terminal.  i have a usb
> mouse, so does it make sense to use the PS/2 protocol?
>
> i checked out xterm, konsole, and gnome-terminal as well.  xterm and
> konsole scroll 3 lines per mouse wheel, but gnome-terminal scrolls 12
> lines as does xfce4-terminal.  any other configuration that i should
> look at?  can anyone else confirm this bug or confirm Yves-Alexis's
> observation?
>
> thanks.
> mike
>
> On 7/6/06, Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at corsac.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 23:32 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > > on each mousewheel action, xfce4-terminal scrolls 12 full lines of
> > > text.
> > > this is hard to follow, especially if a list of similar items occupies
> > > the terminal output.  it would be useful if the mouse scroll could be
> > > settable (i would probably set it to 3 lines) or if there were a
> > > gentle,
> > > but quick animation (using few cpu cycles) to indicate to the user the
> > > scroll action.
> >
> >
> > Hmh, here when I scroll it scrolls only 3 lines of text. It's not
> > configurable so I don't really know what's happening on your
> > installation.
> > --
> > Yves-Alexis Perez
> >
> >
>




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