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From: mnl@idtsun1.e-technik.th-darmstadt.de (Michael@mitvma.mit.edu N. Lipp)
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Subject: RE: xview/openwin drag&drop for GNU emacs (x11) anyone?
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Date: 3 Dec 90 20:32:48 GMT
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>>>>> On Sat, 1 Dec 90 16:33:11 GMT, unix-emacs-request@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU said:

clindh> Has anyone hacked GNU Emacs (x11term.c?)  to support the
clindh> drag-and-drop feature in OpenWindows?

I did not. However initializing server-mode in your .emacs and configuring
the file-manager to use emacsclient as text-editor allows you to double-click
on files and they will be opened in your emacs. I even prefer double-clicking;
dragging costs too much time.

    Michael Lipp

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