macvim-dev / macvim-dev/macvim
Pixel by pixel scroll.
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Feature Request
- Dominant language
- Vim Script
- Stars
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- Forks
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- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
MacVim still only scrolls line by line. The scrolling on Mac should scroll individual pixels. (The Emacs Mac port does this fwiw), and IIRC Bjorn made progress towards this but abandoned the effort.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing MacVim's macOS scrolling entry points and reviewing the earlier abandoned effort mentioned in the issue. Done means mouse and trackpad scrolling moves the view by individual pixels rather than whole lines.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, vim
- Domain
- desktop, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100