(scroll-bar-mode, toggle-scroll-bar): By default,

put scroll bars on the right on MS-Windows (since that is the
convention on Windows).

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/scroll-bar.el b/lisp/scroll-bar.el
index 2100a1f51ec..97cfa9d731f 100644
--- a/lisp/scroll-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/scroll-bar.el
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ This is nil while loading `scroll-bar.el', and t afterward.")
          (list (cons 'vertical-scroll-bars scroll-bar-mode)))
         (setq frames (cdr frames))))))
 
-(defcustom scroll-bar-mode 'left
+(defcustom scroll-bar-mode
+  (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) 'right 'left)
   "*Specify whether to have vertical scroll bars, and on which side.
 Possible values are nil (no scroll bars), `left' (scroll bars on left)
 and `right' (scroll bars on right).
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ turn off scroll bars; otherwise, turn on scroll bars."
   ;; Tweedle the variable according to the argument.
   (set-scroll-bar-mode (if (null flag) (not scroll-bar-mode)
                          (and (or (not (numberp flag)) (>= flag 0))
-                              'left))))
+                              (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) 'right 'left)))))
 
 (defun toggle-scroll-bar (arg)
   "Toggle whether or not the selected frame has vertical scroll bars.
@@ -130,10 +131,12 @@ when they are turned on; if it is nil, they go on the left."
                            (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
                 -1 1))
     (setq arg (prefix-numeric-value arg)))
-  (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
-                           (list (cons 'vertical-scroll-bars
-                                       (if (> arg 0)
-                                           (or scroll-bar-mode 'left))))))
+  (modify-frame-parameters
+   (selected-frame)
+   (list (cons 'vertical-scroll-bars
+               (if (> arg 0)
+                   (or scroll-bar-mode
+                       (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) 'right 'left)))))))
 
 (defun toggle-horizontal-scroll-bar (arg)
   "Toggle whether or not the selected frame has horizontal scroll bars.