On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 11:29:41 -0500, David DeSimone wrote:
> On a more serious note: Mouse-clicks already have a defined meaning
> within xterm: They are used for cutting, selecting, and pasting text!
> So how is your xterm supposed to know when you're clicking in order to
> select some text, or clicking in order to pass the information to the
> inner program, Mutt, so that it can search for a URL to go to?
IIRC, when I had click support with Tin, I had to use the Shift key
to select text.
> In the old, old days of Mutt, it supported mouse-clicks, not for URL's,
> but for simple message navigation. Most everyone hated it. It was
> removed. Basically, people realized that they wanted the cut-n-paste
> functionality a lot more than they wanted the point-n-click functionality.
IMHO, a shift-click functionality over a URL would be very useful,
as you can still have the standard select feature.
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