Interesting.  The use of shift+click for extended selection is one of the 
oldest 
mouse uses that I am aware of.  Virtually every editor and most file managers I 
am aware of on Windows or Mac support it (including J6 editor).

On 1/24/2011 10:01, bill lam wrote:
> This metaphor is new to me. The current behavior is hardcoded. You can edit 
> the
> ide/gtk/gtk.ijs to disable link to fif.  A better way is perhaps to assign
> an alternative way to link fif and leave extended selection usable.
>
> diff --git a/ide/gtk/source/main/event.ijs b/ide/gtk/source/main/event.ijs
> index 008b542..61ea2aa 100644
> --- a/ide/gtk/source/main/event.ijs
> +++ b/ide/gtk/source/main/event.ijs
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ NB. click in term/edit windows
>   NB. =========================================================
>   NB. y is ctrl,shift
>   sv_click=: 3 : 0
> +0 return.
>   s=. 2 #. y
>   if. s e. 1 2 do.
>     if. 0=buf=. getcurrentbuf'' do. 0 return. end.
>
>
> Пнд, 24 Янв 2011, David Mitchell писал(а):
>> I was trying to do an extended selection in a GTK Edit window when, rather 
>> than
>> performing an extended selection, my shift-left-mouse click started Find in 
>> Files.
>>
>> Is there another way to do extended selection in GTK Edit?  If not, is there 
>> any
>> way to turn off FIF starting on a shift-click?
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