Re: patch for select in zvt

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Iain wrote:

> On 14 May 2001 09:28:45 -0500, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)       Gerente de desarrollo       Alpha wrote:
>
> > just an idea:
> >
> > what about autoselecting words when dragging right, but selecting characters 
> > when dragging left?  that way we can still make our selections right after 
> > we've selected the word?
>
> I personally always found the "Lets select the whole word automatically"
> very very annoying. Even with the dragging left selects letters, it's an
> annoyance.
>
> iain

I have to agree with you.  Besides, what exactly do the developers think 
they are saving?  A quarter centimeter of mouse movement?  I'd rather 
have the double click select word and triple click select line thing and 
*always* character by character drag selection.

-b

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