From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:30:56 +0200 Message-ID: <83lfsb22pb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83v9s3lo5f.fsf@gnu.org> <75EC4FBC-F636-4D75-BAC4-982D85188794@acm.org> <9b9222ad-ead7-d0a0-0602-780d0680f070@gmx.at> <6bf229f4-c22f-c3c2-5158-5235f908de3c@gmx.at> <8ec84837-172c-1ce5-cab0-b4c96a86274e@gmx.at> <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> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="225551"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: mattiase@acm.org, 38013@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 19 18:31:23 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 1iX7LT-000wSE-28 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:31:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48402 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7LR-00016n-Oi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:31:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7LE-0000yT-MT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7LC-0001SF-LK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:31:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39656) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7LC-0001R6-8i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:31:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7LC-0003ve-2m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:31:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:31:02 +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=B38013.157418465715089 (code B ref 38013); Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38013) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Nov 2019 17:30:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48477 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7L6-0003vJ-WF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:30:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40979) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7L5-0003v6-48 for 38013@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:30:55 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52060) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7Kz-0001Gz-RZ; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:30:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2240 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iX7Ky-0004bw-UM; Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:30:49 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:08:32 -0800 (PST)) 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: 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:172008 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:08:32 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 38013@debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov > > > Of course rectangular selection should have a binding by default. This > > is not controversial in the slightest. > > Count me as one user who disagrees that this deserves > a default binding. A command that needs to drag the mouse makes no sense without a binding to some mouse gesture. > 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.