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mouse commands not aware of rectangle regions

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Message #43 received at 31240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Federico Tedin <federicotedin <at> gmail.com>, charles <at> aurox.ch
Cc: 31240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31240: 26.1; mouse-save-then-kill does not kill rectangles
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:47:20 +0200

> So I think I have two options now: either forbid the user from
> dragging a rectangle to a position where the inserted rectangle would
> intersect the original rectangle,

IIRC that would be faithful to the original (non-rectangle-dragging)
design.

> or find another way to track the
> originally selected rectangle in a way it can be accurately deleted
> after inserting it in the new position. I guess I'll go with the
> second option, since it would make function more useful for users.

In that case we should try to make the non-rectangle-dragging behavior
similar.  So if you prefer the second option, please do that and make
it customizable.

Many thanks for working on this, martin

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