RE: [External] : Re: Moving point after character when clicking latter half of it

[Drew Adams]

> > In all of the ones I'm using (other than emacs), clicking with the mouse
> > on a character moves the point either in front of, or after that
> character,
> > depending on whether you clicked the left or right half of it.
> 
> Interesting, I never tested that before.  It explains why I am so often
> missing the first character when I try to copy text with the mouse.  IOW
> I personally find this an anti-feature.

I understand that the feature would be optional.
Still, I tend to agree with you (Benjamin).

I can imagine editing text with a very large font
(I use larger fonts as time goes by...), and in
that case I'd see better which half of a char I
was clicking.  IOW, that would allow me to take
advantage of such half-char clicking.

Nevertheless, I don't really see what the feature
adds.  You can already precisely click here or
there to place point or select whichever starting
(with (mouse-1) or ending (with mouse-3) char you
like.

It seems like all this would do is to halve the
distance between such click positions - in essence
_requiring_ even better visibility/sensing of the
positions.  And thus requiring even a closer zoom
of the text.  IOW, instead of having to feel/find
the start or end of a char you'd have to do that
for the start, the end, and the middle.

Sounds like multiplying things unnecessarily,
making poor Occam roll over in the grave.  What,
exactly, is the improvement or use case?  Could
someone please describe a scenario where this
would actually help someone more?