On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:34:36PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/22/2010 09:44 AM, lee wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:24:46PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > >>lee wrote: > >>>On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:39:22PM +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: > >>>>On 2010-10-21 22:48, lee wrote: > >>>>>On a side note: Someone once asked me why the text is moving up when > >>>>>you move the scrollbar down. Where´s the logic in that? Why isn´t the > >>>>>text moving up together with the scroll bar? > >>>>Seriously? It indicates the position in the document, and so it behaves. > >>> > >>>Yes, seriously, and I do see the point. You move the text with the > >>>scrollbar, so why does the text move into the opposite direction of > >>>the scrollbar? > >> > >>Because it doesn't move the text, it moves the viewing window in the text. > > > >The window isn´t moving, it remains at the same place on the > >display. When you move the window, the contents move with it. When you > >move the scrollbar, the contents of the window move. So you can´t > >argue that movement is relative. > > > > I knew that Roel's use of the phrase "viewing window" would confuse > someone. There's more than one use of the word "window".
In this case, there isn´t a relevant --- and certainly no obvious --- difference between "viewing window" and (a particular meaning of) "window". Making things more difficult than necessary can sometimes lead to confuse oneself and others. Yet sometimes, it helps proving a point. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101022232509.ga3...@yun.yagibdah.de