Re: [9fans] An acme question

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Sat Apr 30 03:07:39 EDT 2011, bakul@bitblocks.com wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:39:38 -0000 smiley@zenzebra.mv.com  wrote:
>
> > If I were filling out an Acme wishlist, I would like to see triple and
> > quadruple clicks select larger chunks of text.  Being able to do
> > something like click-click-click-click to "Select All" (in those apps
> > that support it) is frequently very useful.
>
> Not a wishlist; just an experiment for some s-expr support.
> But need some experience with it to see if it'll be any good.
>
> There are other choices beyond your click^N wish. For instance
> the selection size can grow as a function of how long you keep
> a mouse button pressed. Or you can make it a function of how
> far you drag -- the UPS debugger makes scrolling speed a
> function of drag distance.  Very nice!  But until you
> implement it and try it out, you won't know if it is any good
> or how it will interact with other UI features. Or if there is
> a better idea.

now that you mention it, i miss the original 9term's mark and
expand-style text selection.  scrolling through a few pages
is quite painful in comparison.

- erik