Subject: RE: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 07:09:32 -0800 (PST)

> You are both right, and I, too, would prefer a better modifier than
> control-meta.
> Platform conventions vary, although right-button is clearly dominant
> for context menus today. There is no similarly agreed way to select
> rectangles of text.
> 
> Nevertheless, I would like this patch to be pushed as long as there is
> no objection to the design and implementation of the feature itself.

The feature itself does not include imposing a
binding by default.  The feature is not the problem.

> It uses nobody's favourite binding, but at least
> the feature is accessible in a useful way.

The feature is accessible without a default binding.

> With it in place, we can argue about shuffling
> bindings around.

No.  We should argue, if that's needed, only after
the feature has been used by users for quite a while
and users have called for a default binding.

Please do not bind this feature by default at all.
Users can bind it as they see fit.

This is a new feature.  Binding can be considered
after a (hopefully long) period of use and experimentation.