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Re: Drag and drop patch for X, please review.


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Drag and drop patch for X, please review.
Date: 20 Jan 2004 13:43:17 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50

> Dropping a file name on the menu bar currently opens the file in a new
> window.  I think that is useful (i.e. I use it all the time :-)

It might be useful, but I'd find it confusing.

> If dropping text onto File, the user might reasonable expect the text
> to be pasted into window 1, because it is closest.  Dropping on Tools
> can be expected to paste the text into window 3.

For me that would spell more confusion.
I'd much rather drop directly into the window or maybe the modeline (in
case you want the "drop into window" to insert the file's path instead).


        Stefan




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