drag and drop support status

drag and drop support status

[Richard M. Stallman]

In man/dired.texi:

    @cindex drag and drop, Dired
      On the X window system, Emacs supports the ``drag and drop''
    protocol.

And in man/files.texi:

      Secondly, Emacs supports the ``drag and drop'' protocol on the X
    window system.  Dropping a file into an ordinary Emacs window visits
    the file using that window.  However, dropping a file into a window
    displaying a Dired buffer moves or copies the file into the displayed
    directory.  For details, see @ref{Drag and Drop}, @ref{Misc Dired
    Features}.

Does this now work on MS Windows and MacOS?

Re: drag and drop support status

[Mathias Dahl]

"Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>       Secondly, Emacs supports the ``drag and drop'' protocol on the
>     X window system.  Dropping a file into an ordinary Emacs window
>     visits the file using that window.  However, dropping a file
>     into a window displaying a Dired buffer moves or copies the file
>     into the displayed directory.  For details, see @ref{Drag and
>     Drop}, @ref{Misc Dired Features}.
>
> Does this now work on MS Windows and MacOS?

Yes. I use Emacs on Windows XP all week at work and uses drag and drop
to open files many times per day.

Re: drag and drop support status

[Richard M. Stallman]

Thanks.

Re: drag and drop support status

[YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu]

>>>>> On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:35:23 -0500, "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> said:

> In man/dired.texi:
>     @cindex drag and drop, Dired
>       On the X window system, Emacs supports the ``drag and drop''
>     protocol.

> And in man/files.texi:

>       Secondly, Emacs supports the ``drag and drop'' protocol on the X
>     window system.  Dropping a file into an ordinary Emacs window visits
>     the file using that window.  However, dropping a file into a window
>     displaying a Dired buffer moves or copies the file into the displayed
>     directory.  For details, see @ref{Drag and Drop}, @ref{Misc Dired
>     Features}.

> Does this now work on MS Windows and MacOS?

Strictly speaking, this works on Mac OS X/Carbon and Mac OS
Classic/Carbon builds, but doesn't work on Mac OS Classic/non-Carbon
build.  But I think it is OK to say "This also works on Mac OS"
because this distinction is too detailed to mention in
platform-independent sections and the Mac OS Classic/non-Carbon build
is really minor.

				     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp

Re: drag and drop support status

[Richard M. Stallman]

    Strictly speaking, this works on Mac OS X/Carbon and Mac OS
    Classic/Carbon builds, but doesn't work on Mac OS Classic/non-Carbon
    build.  But I think it is OK to say "This also works on Mac OS"
    because this distinction is too detailed to mention in
    platform-independent sections and the Mac OS Classic/non-Carbon build
    is really minor.

Would someone please mention this point in the MacOS chapter
(if it isn't already)?

Re: drag and drop support status

[YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu]

>>>>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:06:11 -0500, "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> said:

>     Strictly speaking, this works on Mac OS X/Carbon and Mac OS
>     Classic/Carbon builds, but doesn't work on Mac OS
>     Classic/non-Carbon build.  But I think it is OK to say "This
>     also works on Mac OS" because this distinction is too detailed
>     to mention in platform-independent sections and the Mac OS
>     Classic/non-Carbon build is really minor.

> Would someone please mention this point in the MacOS chapter (if it
> isn't already)?

It already has the following description at the end of the "Mac OS"
node:

  Non-Carbon build on Mac OS Classic does not support some features
  such as file dialogs, drag-and-drop, and Unicode menus.

					YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp