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2mac

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Registered: 2013-11-09

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[SOLVED] Emacs scroll acceleration

I've noticed that the Arch install of Emacs includes many "built-in" packages that aren't default on other distros.

Whenever I scroll using the mouse wheel, the scrolling will accelerate based on how quickly I'm scrolling. I haven't seen this behavior in any other application on my system.

I tried searching through the Emacs packages to find the cause, but there doesn't seem to be anything related to it.

Advice?

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I'm a (g)Vim user currently, and I've gotten used to the way I can scroll the same distance with the same physical motion (same distance traveled on the mouse wheel) at different speeds and get the same result. Makes looking back and forth very easy. The acceleration is really annoying, and it's one of the few things preventing me from even considering Emacs as an editor.

Last edited by 2mac (2014-03-21 12:28:43)

CommanderC

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Registered: 2012-10-31

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Re: [SOLVED] Emacs scroll acceleration

'C-h v mouse-wheel-progressive-speed', click customize and toggle it off. This option is also explained in the emacs manual. Just search for the word "wheel".

2mac

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 95

Re: [SOLVED] Emacs scroll acceleration

Ahh, okay. I was aggressively searching for 'scroll' and 'acceleration' in several locations.