RE: GNU Midnight Commander 4.5.30 is released

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

I proposed a verry configureable way to acomplish this a while ago (should
be in the archives)
Unfortunatly I dont currently have the time to do it. I am currently
actively working on 3 projects and have 2 on the back burner...

I have attached the main description I stated along time ago below:

	I have allways thaught that left drag should prompt.
	For most people, left click is the only button used... So,
	having it always prompt allows them to know what they are doing.
	Middle click should be the excelerator key so power users can do
things
	quickly.

	Here would be the setup:
	there would be a capplet to chose which buttons do what...

	        1 2 3   Handedness     Accelerator     copy move link
	prompt  X 0 0                  copy  X     shft  X   0    0      
	accel   0 X 0   X Left         move  0     ctrl  0   X    0
	context 0 0 X                  link  0     alt   0   0    X

	There would also be a "D&D" menu:
	X Copy
	0 Move
	0 Link

	This would allow the user to quickly confingure which mode the accel
key
	is in.

	These would be the defaults

	If you drag something with the prompt button (button 1) it would
prompt
	the user. This would be good for most users.
	If you drag something with the accel button, it does whatever is set
up
	for the accelerator. The accelerator could be chosen from a menu on
gmc or
	a submenu on the context menu.
	If you use the accelerator button with the keys described above, it
would
	force whatever action associated with the key. For example, if you
hold
	shift while accel draging, it would force a copy.

	Also the mouse cursor should change for each mode, so you can
visually
	know which mode your in.

	This setup would allow new users to know exactly what they are doing
	because of the promting, and the power users to speed things up...
	Also it would allow the end user fully customize it to fit there
needs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kevin Atkinson [SMTP:kevinatk@home.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 14, 1999 4:01 PM
> To:	Matthias Warkus
> Subject:	Re: GNU Midnight Commander 4.5.30 is released
> 
> Matthias Warkus wrote:
> > 
> > +++ Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 03:30:36PM -0400 +++
> > Kevin Atkinson e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
> 
> > > So you are dismissing my entire argument because I am referring to
> > > windows....
> > 
> > No. Seems I created that impression, though; sorry for that.
> 
> That's OK.
> > 
> > > I list many reasons.  To me it is more natural for it to always
> prompt.
> > 
> > Yes. "Always prompt" should be the default behaviour, but one should
> > be able to switch it off.
> 
> That is exactly what I am saying.  I am glad you agree.  (When I say
> prompt I mean bring up a menu like GMC currently does for a middle drag,
> not a dialog box)
> 
> > > Let me rephrase the troublesome points.
> > >
> > > 1) Middle button dragging is annoying with a two button mouse which
> many
> > > people who currently own a PS have.
> > 
> > Unfortunately... :)
> > I get your point, yes.
> 
> Thanks.
> > 
> > > 3) For new users it just easier as they will always know what is going
> > > on when they drag an icon. (ALSO It is unlikely that a new user coming
> > > from windows will do a middle drag especially if they have a two
> button
> > > mouse.
> > 
> > Probably we should try to have "Always prompt" made the default, and
> > allow for an entirely configurable DnD behaviour (defaulting to
> > middle-button drag) if "Always prompt" is switched off.
> > 
> 
> Glad you agree to what I originally proposed.
> 
> Now we just need some one to implement it.  I would really like to hear
> what the head developers of GMC think of this idea.
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Atkinson
> kevinatk@home.com
> http://metalab.unc.edu/kevina/
> 
> 
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