Re: Default drag and drop behavior

[Jochem Huhmann <joh unidui uni-duisburg de>]

On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:56:11 EST Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 02:39:37PM -0500, Stu Smith was heard to say:
> > I like the idea suggested earlier:  Pick the safest possible option for
> > newbies, and have this controlled in a .conf file somewhere so that others
> > can adjust it to their liking.
> > 
> > >From what I've read thus far, I think it's safe to assume, for various
> > reasons, that a "copy" operation is the safest options that provides the
> > best functionality for the user.  All of the others perhaps should be an
> > option in linuxconf or gnome-linuxconf somewhere...
> > 
> 
>   I agree, except that I think the 'safest option' is probably linking for
> the desktop and copying otherwise.  The desktop isn't a normal directory and
> I don't think we need to treat it as one.

What about treating the desktop special in the one and only way, that
any d&d action first gives a menu? This way one could choose what to do 
and, more important, one knows what happens ;-)


	Jochem





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