From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:38:19 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <87y2wanpgk.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <411EAB4E-B666-4263-8514-5F47391268B1@acm.org> <2df02c1f-fea4-f764-eba6-fd67de581755@gmx.at> <3b74a108-28e3-fd01-64a5-7c4302e3d979@gmx.at> <9A9D13F2-1F4F-4DD4-B92F-96FC4D91DFBD@acm.org> <83pni17x5b.fsf@gnu.org> <8B95D2D3-8E00-45BF-B57D-EFD49D79EB6A@acm.org> <83bltk95p7.fsf@gnu.org> <60DD9D65-C3F0-470E-8489-B333E1889D32@acm.org> <83ftio6lsy.fsf@gnu.org> <290E5E66-964B-4E29-B141-166447AD5556@acm.org> <175E5B2E-2256-4FCD-AA8E-9E5BC6DE7907@acm.org> <7d94fa94-94e4-46dc-8df0-c40ccf052ee9@default> <87imngub40.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <60fa6496-c057-b69d-21c1-3b1de85b4b9f@gmx.at> <9302a9ac-e64c-41ed-898b-24d59465fba4@default> <83lfsb22pb.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="114082"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: mattiase@acm.org, 38013@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 20 23:48:52 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYmJ-000TXd-CK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:48:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34886 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYmH-00024q-W7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:48:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47888) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYld-0001Dy-S7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:48:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYlc-0006W8-U5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:48:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42225) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYlc-0006W3-Qk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:48:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYla-00063L-SK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:48:08 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:48:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 38013 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 38013-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B38013.157429007523211 (code B ref 38013); Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:48:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38013) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Nov 2019 22:47:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51041 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYlP-00062E-EM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:47:55 -0500 Original-Received: from egyptian.birch.relay.mailchannels.net ([23.83.209.56]:64157) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iXYlJ-00061k-L7 for 38013@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:47:50 -0500 X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jurta@jurta.org Original-Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C208740326; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (100-96-87-246.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.96.87.246]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D985C74011A; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:47:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|jurta@jurta.org Original-Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a44.g.dreamhost.com ([TEMPUNAVAIL]. [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.18.5); Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:47:48 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|jurta@jurta.org X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Hysterical-Gusty: 257db95f08a0e99d_1574290068124_1637529142 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1574290068124:2738636229 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1574290068124 Original-Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCB9832D8; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:47:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=linkov.net; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=linkov.net; bh=eoszSxmJlICCvWDlvAQPRHWmvXs=; b= yyqpCSyMUA0C4eTNXlXSx/hLyyUp2BA7zyBbth4zH9l7NGxC9QpUBQYd5spYhDT4 TnJjL1kgAXV3tlKH0y0Uz9KMc/610WpSjhlob1GbtmkZGhGPM2sZhgbFeIpvwGnW 7lazQ4NxAyG2QbHWBhSKSHgeNyDwgbI07zq9GVZ4NNg= Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (m91-129-102-1.cust.tele2.ee [91.129.102.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jurta@jurta.org) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C33CB832D5; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:47:34 -0800 (PST) X-DH-BACKEND: pdx1-sub0-mail-a44 In-Reply-To: <83lfsb22pb.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:30:56 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:172078 Archived-At: >> Eli suggested defining a minor mode, as does CUA. > > I suggested a minor mode as a way to allow us using the same binding > as used for another command by default. I did NOT suggest to have a > minor mode _instead_ of a binding. Such minor mode already exists, it's called 'rectangle-mark-mode' and is enabled by 'C-x SPC'. It could also have additional bindings for 'mouse-1' to allow selecting a rectangular region using the mouse.