From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com>
Subject: Re: short *Shell Command Output* and mouse "bait and switch"
Date: 03 May 2002 09:06:50 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k7qmniol.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.SUN.3.91.1020502185415.27891G-100000@is
>> Maybe this cruel item has been already fixed.
>> I do a M-! shell command and wish to cut and paste from the result. I
>> press to click and ha ha, it ran away :-(
Eli> It didn't run away, you can still see it with "C-x b".
But don't you also feel like a bait and switch victim when you get the
mouse in place, lower your finger, and "wham! ha ha fooled you!". Is
this a peek at the emacs attitude of the future?
You must admit that it is a bug to make things disappear when the user
is about to cut and paste them. What other software acts this way?
<escape> ! s e q SPC 1 SPC 1 SPC 5 <return>
now try to copy say, the "3" with your mouse.
Is all the flashing and error messages not a bug?
Why not just let the user copy what he sees?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-03 1:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-02 0:37 short *Shell Command Output* buffer afraid of mice and everything else Dan Jacobson
2002-05-02 15:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-03 1:06 ` Dan Jacobson [this message]
2002-05-03 10:35 ` short *Shell Command Output* and mouse "bait and switch" Eli Zaretskii
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