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

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:30:56 +0200

> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:08:32 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
> 
> > Of course rectangular selection should have a binding by default. This
> > is not controversial in the slightest.
> 
> Count me as one user who disagrees that this deserves
> a default binding.

A command that needs to drag the mouse makes no sense without a
binding to some mouse gesture.

> Eli suggested defining a minor mode, as does CUA.

I suggested a minor mode as a way to allow us using the same binding
as used for another command by default.  I did NOT suggest to have a
minor mode _instead_ of a binding.