From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23478: 25.0.93; Mouse region selection asymmetry Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:29:54 +0300 Message-ID: <8360shlb4d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878tzky2oe.fsf@gmx.net> <83eg9cecy2.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpn4wgev.fsf@gmx.net> <8360uoe5ye.fsf@gnu.org> <87shxswd5s.fsf@gmx.net> <834ma8e3ll.fsf@gnu.org> <871t3bhbpz.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87poqun63w.fsf@gmx.net> <83furqratc.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9c6mkb0.fsf@gmx.net> <83vb0mp1ok.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpl17pvs.fsf@gmx.net> <83eg79pi29.fsf@gnu.org> <87bn2d736k.fsf@gmx.net> <83furongms.fsf@gnu.org> <87r3b6btyi.fsf@gmx.net> <83poqqli77.fsf@gnu.org> <878txd7irj.fsf@gmx.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467905487 18247 80.91.229.3 (7 Jul 2016 15:31:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23478@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 07 17:31:16 2016 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 1bLBGk-00037T-B8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:30:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <878txd7irj.fsf@gmx.net> (message from Stephen Berman on Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:08:32 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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: 208.118.235.43 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:120570 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Berman > 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.