From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Drag and drop patch for X, please review. Date: 20 Jan 2004 13:43:17 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200401171729.i0HHT1wq016912@stubby.bodenonline.com> <9616315C-49F9-11D8-A763-00039363E640@swipnet.se> <66F4EDBB-4AC4-11D8-BCBC-00039363E640@swipnet.se> <23DA6486-4B65-11D8-91D5-00039363E640@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074625033 1103 80.91.224.253 (20 Jan 2004 18:57:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 20 19:57:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aj13i-00024n-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:57:06 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aj13h-0000fD-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:57:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj0yi-0002S4-Fx for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:51:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj0yI-0002Qt-Lh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:51:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj0xk-0002HL-N4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:51:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aj0qT-0000h5-Go; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:43:25 -0500 Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD7420FEE; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:43:17 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5159A8C6F3; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:43:17 -0500 (EST) Original-To: "Jan D." In-Reply-To: <23DA6486-4B65-11D8-91D5-00039363E640@swipnet.se> Original-Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=0, requis 5) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:19361 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19361 > Dropping a file name on the menu bar currently opens the file in a new > window. I think that is useful (i.e. I use it all the time :-) It might be useful, but I'd find it confusing. > If dropping text onto File, the user might reasonable expect the text > to be pasted into window 1, because it is closest. Dropping on Tools > can be expected to paste the text into window 3. For me that would spell more confusion. I'd much rather drop directly into the window or maybe the modeline (in case you want the "drop into window" to insert the file's path instead). Stefan