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Re: Mode line changes
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Mode line changes |
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Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:39:02 -0500 |
That's not always true -- at some point, the mode-line become busy and
prone to problems with accidental clicks: if you try to click on a
modeline widget, and miss by a character, it may be better that nothing
happens than something unwanted does; the more crowded with active
regions the modeline gets, the greater the chance for such mishaps.
That is a very good point. The smaller an active area is, the harder
it is to use, and the more error prone it becomes.
If the mouse click brings up a menu, rather than taking immediate
action, that more or less avoids the error problem. It does not
reduce the inconvenience problem.
(I am not sure what feature was proposed.)
Re: Mode line changes, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/05