From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: [drew.adams@oracle.com: use-file-dialog should not apply tomouse in *Completions*] Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:51:13 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196722362 656 80.91.229.12 (3 Dec 2007 22:52:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jan.h.d@swipnet.se, Jason Rumney , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stefan Monnier" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 03 23:52:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IzK9d-000225-66 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:52:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IzK9M-0004nR-Ru for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:52:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IzK8p-00044s-G0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IzK8n-00040r-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IzK8n-00040Z-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IzK8c-0002R6-BG; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:42 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id lB3MpdCL022065; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:51:39 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id lB349mMC025838; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:51:38 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-158.us.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3403358821196722271; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:51:11 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:84616 Archived-At: > >>> - it's too common to want a file dialog box for menus and tool-bar > >>> buttons but not for *Completions*. > > I highly doubt the "common". I said "too common", not "common" or even "more common". Too common for the current (bugged, IMO) behavior to be the only one available. Either the other behavior should be the only one available, or an option should let you choose. However, wrt common or more common (since you bring it up): I do think it is more common to want to use the mouse in a consistent way with completion. If you are using completion (e.g. M-x), and the command you pick (e.g. `find-file-other-window') also uses completion, the fact that you choose to pick the command name with the mouse might suggest that you would also choose to pick the file name with the mouse (in *Completions*). I expect it to be less common for someone to want to click mouse-2 on `file-file-other-window' but not want to click mouse-2 on the file name and instead dig it out of the file dialog box. But who knows? Users are various. Add yet another option, if you like.