On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:37:49PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > * Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > In X it's clear from the visual context when the mouse is in > > `cut&paste' mode or in `command' mode. > > Is it? Not in xterms.
You're right, it isn't:( > > So I think it's wise to have a Debian policy to *not* have the mouse > > act in `command' mode on the console, unless specified otherwise by > > the user. > > I am indifferent about this. Shift+mouse for cut&paste is documented > in mc's help. Whether you can cut&paste or not is not the point that bothers me, it's the fact that on the console all of a sudden a mouse click can provoke some action! That somehow feels unsafe to me. When you're like me used to use mouse-clicks for cut and paste in text (whether on a console or in a xterm or in some text-window) then it's horrifying to realise that some programs on a mere upgrade suddenly might start to react differently in this respect. And then you'll have to remember *which* programs do so, yack. > > Nontheless, I think the Debian mc man should alter the behaviour and > > the options for mc to reflect the above, > > If you can convince upstream (the mc2-devel@nuclecu.unam.mx) or make > it policy, then I will do it. > > I can't really judge if this is a good thing or not. I will only > change mc's behaviour in a incompatible way (different mouse handling) > to its prior version for compelling reasons. You're ever so right! Didn't think it thru, I guess. -- groetjes, carel
