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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: text widget problem (X11.4 sun 3/50)
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Date: 13 Apr 90 15:50:36 GMT
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> In R3, I could type input, move the mouse
> cursor somewhere, depress the right mouse button, and the text
> between the caret (^) cursor and the mouse cursor would be selected.

Really?  I thought that the current behavior is the way it was in R3.  That's
one of the reasons why I didn't change it.  Do other people believe that his
has changed?  It has been so long since I have used a vanilla R3 system that I
have forgotten.  

In any case, I think that you are right, and the behavior that you suggest is
probabally the "right" thing to do, if you want to submit a bug report to
xbugs@expo I will add it to my (long) list of Text widget enhancements.
If you provide well thought out code it is more likely to get done.


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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