GNU bug report logs - #38013
[PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:11:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 38013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse
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?
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