From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: chris@grierwhite.com (Christopher J. White) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Drag and drop editing in emacs... Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 16:49:23 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044827369 17008 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 21:49:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 21:49:29 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hzKK-0004QC-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 22:49:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hzLL-0007Wz-08 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 16:50:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090014 (Oort Gnus v0.14) Emacs/21.2 (powerpc-apple-darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IyEFAqEpAHvtMu1+pi7IMvRAjYI= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 24 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109995 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6500 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6500 >>>>> "sandip" == Sandip Chitale writes: sandip> GNU Emacs alllows draggin mouse to create selection. I was sandip> wondering why is isn't there a drag and drop editing support sandip> also. Might exist, but if not, probably because you can do: Mouse-1 start region Double Mouse-3 end region, and kill Mouse-2 insert kill sandip> Could something like the following be done ? sandip> (defun drag-cut-copy-paste (start-event) sandip> "Drag and drop editing." I can't see why something like this wouldn't work... ...cj -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christopher J. White chris@grierwhite.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------