Re: redisplay, events, and gutters

Mike Kupfer writes: > Hmm. mouse-drag-modeline works by identifying the window that the > modeline is for, and then shrinking or growing the window by 1 or more > lines. It calculates the number of lines to grow/shrink by comparing > the Y position of the mouse with the current boundaries of the window. Doesn't that seem like a hack to you? IMO, a real GUI app would simply move the modeline by as many pixels as you dragged the mouse, and clip the Emacs windows accordingly (perhaps leaving partial lines exposed).