Re: [gtk-list] Re: scrolling question.

[Sergei Naumov <serge astro unc edu>]

> Smart VT terminals? What are they?

Dumb terminals like VT240, VT330. Have you ever seen them? They have a
controlled scrolling speed.

> IMHO, a computer's job is to do the user's job as fast and as efficiently
> as possible, though, and not mess around in between.

I think you miss the point. I am not making things work after MSIE. :-)
But, what I am trying to do is this. Suppose you have a long text and you
are displaying it in the window. With a regular scrolling the text block
will scroll upward in a second. What I want is that it flows slowly, so I
have time to read through it. But it still should flow because I do not
want to touch the keyboard or mouse to move it.

So, what I basically want is a stock-prices-ticker-like capabilities. On
the ticker it does the horizontal scroll, but I want a vertical one.

The reason I need it is the following. I have a process that is constantly
running. I want the results of this process to be displayed in a window
but slowly enough that I can see it.

	Sergei