Dave Korn <dave.korn <at> artimi.com> writes: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Phil Betts > > Sent: 08 February 2005 17:09 > > > The selection model used by rxvt is standard throughout the X11 world. > > It's insane. > > This makes it very tricky to select a new window without unintentionally > erasing the contents of the clipboard that you were hoping to paste there > because the mouse moved just enough as you clicked it to select a single > character and the auto-copy destroyed your clipboard contents without asking. > I agree on this one as well. Also the middle-mouse button is a pain, as it has become a lot more sensitive since scroll wheels, and it happened to me many times to "paste and scroll" which many times wasted my paste effort :(
> Destroying user data without any kind of confirmation, are-you-sure, or > requiring a difficult-to-type-accidentally key-combination (such as ctrl-c) is > an appallingly incompetent piece of UI design. It's like having a pistol > without a safety catch, or an ICBM without a dual-key control. No. That would be just annoying to confirm every time you want to copy something :P > Real experts operate a computer with one hand on the mouse and one on the > keyboard *at the same time* anyway. This makes it very easy to do selecting, > cutting and pasting. And under 'doze, you can also use a right-click over the > selected area to bring up a menu with cut, copy and paste options. You don't > *have* to use the keyboard if you don't find it more efficient. This one I agree fully! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
