From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Drag and drop patch for X, please review. Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:02:58 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <92A89A67-4C5D-11D8-89BA-00039363E640@swipnet.se> 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 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074722709 29220 80.91.224.253 (21 Jan 2004 22:05:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:05:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 21 23:04:58 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 1AjQT4-0006Sh-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:04:58 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AjQT4-0000FE-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:04:58 +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 1AjQT2-0001Ab-23 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:04:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AjQSS-0000rb-HS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:04:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AjQRk-0008WP-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:04:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [213.115.192.53] (helo=mail2.norrnet.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AjQRj-0008Ty-Td; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:03:36 -0500 Original-Received: from stubby.bodenonline.com (stubby.bodenonline.com [193.201.16.94]) by mail2.norrnet.net (BorderWare MXtreme Mail Firewall) with ESMTP id 955587A8B8; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:03:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from accessno42.bodenonline.com (accessno42.bodenonline.com [193.201.16.44]) by stubby.bodenonline.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id i0LMth7L030245; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:55:49 +0100 In-Reply-To: Original-To: Stefan Monnier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) 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:19417 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19417 >>> 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. > >> Here's a bizarre idea. If you bring up a menu and drop a file on a >> menu item, the chosen command operates on that file name as argument. > > Yes, that would make sense, but it seems difficult to do: when the menu > item is displayed, the mouse is typically grabbed by Emacs, and > similarly > when drag&dropping, the mouse is grabbed the other application, so > there's > a problem. Yes you are right, a drop from one application on to a menu item in another application can never occur in X. Jan D.