From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Davis Herring Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mouse-autoselect-window-select Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:45:19 -0600 Organization: XCP-1 Message-ID: <520CF78F.5020407@lanl.gov> References: <83wqnonvra.fsf@gnu.org> <520BA3FD.6030503@gmx.at> <83vc38nu03.fsf@gnu.org> <520BB93C.2070303@gmx.at> <838v04p2yx.fsf@gnu.org> <520CAB65.60303@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376581549 14256 80.91.229.3 (15 Aug 2013 15:45:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 15 17:45:50 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1V9zkD-000571-7T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:45:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54042 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9zkC-0005fQ-T6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:45:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42460) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9zk0-0005fA-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:45:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9zjr-0005BA-OM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:45:35 -0400 Original-Received: from proofpoint5.lanl.gov ([204.121.3.53]:50648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9zjr-0005A3-GU; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:45:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailrelay2.lanl.gov (mailrelay2.lanl.gov [128.165.4.103]) by mailgate5.lanl.gov (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r7FFjJ3O000979; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:45:19 -0600 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay2.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844631123332; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:45:19 -0600 (MDT) X-NIE-2-Virus-Scanner: amavisd-new at mailrelay2.lanl.gov Original-Received: from [128.165.123.183] (xray-r06.lanl.gov [128.165.123.183]) by mailrelay2.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73921112333E; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:45:19 -0600 (MDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110717 Lanikai/3.1.11 In-Reply-To: <520CAB65.60303@gmx.at> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-08-15_07:2013-08-15, 2013-08-15, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x X-Received-From: 204.121.3.53 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:162768 Archived-At: > Unfortunately, some objects that shall be dragged can be difficult to > localize with the mouse as, for example, the one-pixel divider between > windows when scrollbars are absent. In such cases one window can get > inadvertently selected even when selection is delayed. Disabling > selection when the mouse is over a margin or fringe does help here. I > invite you to experiment with the old and new behavior to either confirm > my claim or provide evidence against it. Is that true even when it is required that the mouse be completely still for the delay? I would think that the user would be trembling the mouse around continuously trying to find the small drag target. Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.