On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 12:10:50PM -0200, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote: > > Secondly, the > > cursor should be "somehow near" the mouse pointer, everything else is > > _really_ confusing. > > Well, IMHO some position in another line can be geometricaly nearer, but > not logicaly nearer, as the cursor needs to "walk more" to get to another > line.
We could penalize vertical distances. But I think the principle is sound. > > placing the cursor on the far end is not a very practical option. > > This seems to be an argument against the current way, as it would be > better in this case if I didn't have to reach the end of the inset to > select it. > > Observe that this is not the behavior outside math. It is much easier to "get it right" if you have rectangular grid with equally sized items (aka chars in rows in paragraphs). > For example, if you have three displayed equations stacked (like the > example file I sent), marking the middle one with the mouse will behave > like I'm proposing, ie. the cursor does not jump to the first or the > third displayed equation, but to the end of the middle. Yes. But in the outside world there is no way to select two chars in adjacent rows (like vi's "block mode" C-v). The situation _is_ different there. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)
