Animated text scrolling

Not a bug, but an idea/suggestion: when adding text at the bottom of a window, 
would it be a good idea to scroll the existing text up over time, rather than 
doing it instantly (as it is now)?

The reason for this request: many games contain a lengthy introduction 
consisting of many paragraphs of text, separated by prompts for more text every 
few paragraphs. When, after hitting enter, a couple paragraphs are added, the 
existing text scrolls up instantly, causing me to lose my place, and having to 
rescan the text to find where to continue reading. This is only a small 
annoyance, but I can't help but feel that it could be avoided entirely.

The argument for animating the scrolling would be that it gives a visual cue to 
how much new text is introduced, allowing my eyes to move up to where the new 
text starts. I can imagine there are some other approaches with a similar 
effect: a grey line could be inserted (temporarily?) just before the new text, 
or new text could fade in (then scrolling could be instantaneous). Any of these 
effects would be less jarring, and probably look fancy too.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by znxfire...@gmail.com on 6 Oct 2010 at 10:22

melted / garglk

Animated text scrolling #129