From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions? Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 01:05:02 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200205240043.g4O0hXj01216@aztec.santafe.edu> <200205252120.g4PLKb604508@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022368357 9627 127.0.0.1 (25 May 2002 23:12:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:12:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE, keichwa@gmx.net, miles@gnu.org, bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17BkiD-0002VA-00 for ; Sun, 26 May 2002 01:12:37 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17Bkyn-0005W8-00 for ; Sun, 26 May 2002 01:29:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Bkid-00059t-00; Sat, 25 May 2002 19:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net ([217.13.230.178] helo=yxa.extundo.com) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Bkdo-0004nv-00; Sat, 25 May 2002 19:08:04 -0400 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4PN7pWa009979; Sun, 26 May 2002 01:07:51 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody In-Reply-To: <200205252120.g4PLKb604508@aztec.santafe.edu> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 25 May 2002 15:20:37 -0600 (MDT)") Original-Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: )=Tu!-Q9f9BQASOHl~_&4r0`,OQD2*=;cm+4]m[twz:8t5yt@xQW+:T$K%AdKq)`"g;C%>s /8w~Upcau`W2wh$=#"g7]"[2c;1Z/S:B49XEy$-YlaAGc'ZM&U*el'yQAD"c):Lc:fUD-S=\!EV;n@ 1Jff} Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4386 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4386 Richard Stallman writes: > What happens if you click within the current selection? > Does that cancel the selection and move point there? > Perhaps it should; that could help address Miles' complaint: > > For instance, when you select a region, and get the start wrong by 1 > character, you can't just redrag it, you have first get rid of the > region by clicking (outside the region!), and _then_ redragg. Yes, the applications I tried behaved as you thought -- the selection is canceled if you click anywhere (inside or outside the selection). But Emacs already behaves this way from what I can tell.