[gps-users] Mouse mark erronious work

Arnaud Charlet charlet@ACT-Europe.FR
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:46:25 +0100


Thanks for your feedback.

> 1. Double clicking on left mouse button is supposed to mark the word under 
> cursor. This works with error when the word contains numbers and/or 
> underscore. For example, attempt to mark the following identifiers fails:
> TOTAL_SAMPLES
> Switch2Send.

There is actually no "error" here, but a behavior different from what you
were expecting.

The next version of GPS will behave as you described.

> 2. The second problem arises when the marked text is copied into another place 
> by the middle mouse button. If the marked text is not on the screen, but in 
> the same file, text insertion by mouse middle button causes the screen to 
> jump to the marked text.

This is as intended: the copy will occur at the insertion point, designated
by the text cursor.

Arno