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

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 07:25:51 -0800 (PST)

> (Drew, don't worry --- the bindings are placeholders so that people can
> try out the selection mechanism. The default bindings are yet to be
> determined.)

My latest question was why we would add all of that
stuff - options for choosing modifiers etc.  _Users
have control_ over key bindings now.  Just what's
the point of adding this other stuff?

And what exactly does that have to do with selecting
a rectangular region with the mouse?  Why should that
be mixed in with providing the possibility of using
a mouse to select a rectangular region?

And why provide any binding, by default, for doing
that?  The feature hasn't even been introduced to
users yet.  Why would we sacrifice a default binding
for it at this time?