Re: patch for select in zvt

[John Kodis <kodis jagunet com>]

On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:29:51PM -0700, Ben Ford wrote:
> Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) Gerente de desarrollo Alpha wrote:
> 
> >exactly why we should provide a system-wide option to change selection style
> 
> Dunno about that.  We should be careful about what is configurable.  
> Only use config options if we can't come up with a solution that works 
> for everybody.  Otherwise we end up with a 50MB control center!
> 
> >But the default should be "smart" because it saves time to most of
> >the people most of the time.
> 
> How bout this:  Fast drag == select word.  Slow drag == select char.  
> Vertical drag == select line.

Then someone will quite legitimately want to be able to configure the
speed thresholds between fast and slow drag operations.  Once again,
we end up with a 50MB control panel.

-- John Kodis.