PythonWin problem - info needed

Neil Hodgson neilh at scintilla.org
Wed Sep 20 21:15:29 EDT 2000


Ian Hobson:
> I was using PythonWin with Python 1.6 and I have two things I don't
> understand.
>...
> 2) Three times chunks of my source file were moved about and placed in a
> new place in the file, but not at my intentional command.
>
> The first time, it was as if I had selected 25 lines, copied them and
> pasted them in somewhere else. I had done nothing of the kind.
>
> The second it was 10 or so lines that were cut and pasted. The third
> time half a line was copied from the beginning of the file and appended
> to a line in the middle.

   Sounds like the drag and drop feature. This occurs if you have a
selection, mousedown within the selection and drag it to another point.

> Is there some editing option with mouse movements that I am triggering,
> and how can I turn it off? (I use Flywheel but it has given no trouble
> in 2 years use, so I rather doubt it is the trouble).

   It can't be turned off. I am not familiar with Flywheel.

   Neil





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