Re: Moving point after character when clicking latter half of it

[Jens Schmidt]

On 2023-07-09  18:21, Brian Cully wrote:

> Until you'd posted this patch, I had no idea why I always seem to 
> struggle when selecting text with the mouse in Emacs, to the point that 
> I actively avoid using the mouse for it because I find Emacs' current 
> behavior so unpredictable.

And that's another interesting problem with this patch or option: How
would a user struggling as you did even expect that this is something
she can configure in Emacs?

I remember at least one other voice here that expressed surprise about
the existence of different selection models, and I join that duet:
Coming from xterm and Emacs and other "legacy" software, I frequently
and (until now) inexplicably have been struggling with the selection of
the first character in the window of "modern" applications.

(To clarify: I join the choir of those surprised, not of those who are
in favor of the "modern" model.)