bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse

[Mattias Engdegård]

7 nov. 2019 kl. 18.53 skrev Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>:

>  My latest question was why we would add all of that
>  stuff - options for choosing modifiers etc.  _Users
>  have control_ over key bindings now.  Just what's
>  the point of adding this other stuff?

That the least important part of the patch --- it was mainly to make it easier 
to change the bindings in a consistent way, since there are multiple bindings 
that go together.

>  And what exactly does that have to do with selecting
>  a rectangular region with the mouse?  Why should that
>  be mixed in with providing the possibility of using
>  a mouse to select a rectangular region?

The Meta modifier was already used by the secondary selection. Shift or control 
could have been used as well; I just picked the one that appeared to be used 
the least. It's not worth arguing about either, particular not at this stage; 
let's get the basics right first.

>  And why provide any binding, by default, for doing
>  that?  The feature hasn't even been introduced to
>  users yet.  Why would we sacrifice a default binding
>  for it at this time?

I'm not sure what you mean. Of course rectangular selection needs a binding. We 
just have to select one that is less bad than the alternatives.