From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tobias Bading Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!?? Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 20:10:22 +0200 Message-ID: <02129C61-D438-4F4C-A6F2-0A777840DAB6@web.de> References: <4FC62772.3050402@web.de> <871um1yctg.fsf@gnu.org><79466EF2-DE7B-4D7F-AC82-05455D227025@web.de> <87sjeh7ho7.fsf@gnu.org> <63D55D7A07BF4B0CBD43879E28FA412E@us.oracle.com> <3A878154-65C5-439C-8492-680B5F64C654@web.de> <3DBDB4C0CB47400DABC8A616DA709826@us.oracle.com> <09E008A7AE464D6684168E06E124A762@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338401503 26101 80.91.229.3 (30 May 2012 18:11:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , 11588@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 30 20:11:41 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnMv-0004w2-Bu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 20:11:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46559 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnMu-00055N-Sw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:11:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44589) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnMs-00055H-37 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:11:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnMq-0003ED-Ci for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:11:33 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41151) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnMq-0003E9-9I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:11:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnOH-0007OS-Kf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:13:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Tobias Bading Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:13:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11588 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11588-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11588.133840152228356 (code B ref 11588); Wed, 30 May 2012 18:13:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11588) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 May 2012 18:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50696 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnNJ-0007N6-Ei for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:47652) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SZnNH-0007Mp-Gg for 11588@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:12:00 -0400 Original-Received: from moweb002.kundenserver.de (moweb002.kundenserver.de [172.19.20.108]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0651AF3A056 for <11588@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 30 May 2012 20:10:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [192.168.2.26] ([79.197.222.126]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb002) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0M1FqS-1RlH7v0Chk-00tE5h; Wed, 30 May 2012 20:10:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <09E008A7AE464D6684168E06E124A762@us.oracle.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:OgNoQosvUuwFRoUoPZuCk0mLofZZ2k9xqFLxdXSOLnl 2Iks3xUvi+Rs5cqnvAMceNADColvzMPLW8rtXLVhwZf5PdmWSZ Pjn0SEq0oMrAL4dD08IZhsIim6Fa9/pKbih/K0bExjgF/H/C8a a1i4n+RMuU7Xro/hn8NvVqFegetawXmb9Tq+2Tw6A3zd6bgrw1 hGVV6bLHrHzjQcmnqnUjA== X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:60541 Archived-At: On 30.05.2012, at 19:41, Drew Adams wrote: > Yidong said, "if you move the mouse a little bit between the down and = up events, > the mark gets set anyway". So it sounds like that "little-bit" = setting, if only > a pixel or two, was too small. I would have guessed (incorrectly) = that it would > have been at least half of a char-width. >=20 > But as I said, the best thing in a case like this, where different = users would > anyway want/need different tolerances, would be to provide a user = setting > (option) for the slop movement between down and up. Agreed, some threshold value (probably in pixels) to distinguish between = a click and a drag would be nice. Although, isn't this part of the job of a window system? Something like: = When a mouse button is pressed, only start sending mouse-move events = after the mouse has travelled at least a small distance? Otherwise every = click on an icon with a non-100% steady hand would be interpreted as a = request to move the icon. Oh my, GUI stuff is complicated ;-).