From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
Cc: 23478@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#23478: 25.0.93; Mouse region selection asymmetry
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:29:54 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8360shlb4d.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878txd7irj.fsf@gmx.net> (message from Stephen Berman on Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:08:32 +0200)
> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> Cc: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net, 23478@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:08:32 +0200
>
> >> +(defcustom mouse-select-region-backward nil
> >
> > I'd name it mouse-select-region-scroll-backward.
>
> Using "scroll" in the name suggests that the main purpose of this
> variable is to control scrolling backward, but it only controls the
> final position of point, and scrolling is a by-product of that which
> only happens if necessary. Given that, do you still prefer to have
> "scroll" in the name?
I'm not great at naming symbols, so I don't insist. However, the
original name seemed slightly misleading: it could be interpreted as
if the selection will be made backward, which is incorrect. And since
I know that the "select-region" belongs to "mouse", I'm left wondering
what is "backward" about.
Do you see my problem with the name? If so, perhaps you can suggest a
better one.
> One somewhat embarassing aspect of describing this option is that is
> makes the default asymmetrical behavior painfully obvious without
> providing a rationale for it (and I don't know of any). I suppose we
> could add "for historical reasons" after "by default"....
I don't think it's needed: since point doesn't move, no scrolling
should be expected.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-07 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-08 15:44 bug#23478: 25.0.93; Mouse region selection asymmetry Stephen Berman
2016-05-08 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-05-08 18:31 ` Stephen Berman
2016-05-08 18:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-05-08 19:41 ` Stephen Berman
2016-05-08 19:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-02 23:16 ` npostavs
2016-07-03 14:33 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-03 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-03 22:24 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-04 2:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-04 8:45 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-04 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-04 16:56 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-04 18:26 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-05 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-06 16:40 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-06 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-07 12:08 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-07 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-07-07 16:22 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-07 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-07 17:02 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-07 17:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-07 18:26 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-08 9:58 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-08 10:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-08 15:38 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-07 17:04 ` Stephen Berman
2016-07-04 15:29 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-05 1:32 ` npostavs
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