[OS X TeX] mouse in TeXShop. [was: TeXShop 1.35e converts 0x0d to 0x0a linefeeds]

[Alain Schremmer]

Is it really that hard to implement in … Preferences?
Regards.
--schremmer

Jérôme Laurens wrote:

>
> Le 24 sept. 04, à 20:56, Curtis Clifton a écrit :
>
>> On Sep 24, 2004, at 11:01 AM, Alexandru Scorpan wrote:
>>
>>>> Apart from that, is there a way to return to the old clicking 
>>>> behaviour:
>>>>
>>>> "In previous versions of TeXShop, if you clicked elsewhere and then 
>>>> clicked on the edit window to edit, you would need to click twice 
>>>> to correctly position the cursor. This is now changed; the first 
>>>> click in the edit text is recognized and positions the cursor."
>>>>
>>>> (I guess, a checkbox to control this would be best.)
>>>
>>>
>>> I certainly second that. I switch between a lot of windows and rely 
>>> on the cursor staying where I left it in each window (and sometimes 
>>> on big chunks of text remaining selected). Now I have to be careful 
>>> to click on the window's frame. I'm lazy, I don't want to be 
>>> careful! :-)
>>
>>
>> I won't begrudge you wanting the old behavior, but I do want to cast 
>> my vote for (also) retaining the current behavior. I found the old 
>> behavior unintuitive and annoying and really appreciate the new 
>> behavior. Different strokes...
>
>
> Different notion of intuition...
>
> Old behaviour was
> 1 - click to activate the window
> 2 - click to place the insertion
>
> New behaviour is
> click to activate -and- place the insertion
>
> IMO, none of these choices is more intuitive than the other in the 
> absolute.
> BTW, the question should not to be intuitive or not, the question is 
> to be consistent and efficient (some call it laziness).
> As efficiency depends on one's own manner of using its mac, the two 
> behaviours should be implemented and a pref check box should let the 
> user switch from one behaviour to the other. The consistency with the 
> behaviour generally found in other apps just helps in choosing a 
> default value to start with.
>
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