Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?

[Andreas Schwab]

Francesco Potorti` <address@hidden> writes:

|> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
|>    Btw, do ANY other application have this mouse1 + mouse3 mark text
|>    feature?
|> 
|> gpm does it.
|> 
|> But apparently this is not the standard with X applications.
|> 
|> rxvt (similar to xterm) does not use this technique.  Rather, it uses
|> dragging mouse1 to select a region.  But once a region is selected, you
|> can extend it on both sides using mouse3.

You can also mark text without dragging in both terminals.

Andreas.

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