Re: confused

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Russell Nelson wrote:

> I'm confused.  When I middle-click on an object, I get the
> menu for the currently-selected object, NOT the object I'm pointing
> to.  However, when I middle-click when the Ethernet is selected, I
> must point at a handle in order to delete it.

It will (or rather, should) select the closest handle.

> Should the object menu apply to the pointed-to object or the selected
> object?

IMHO, it should apply to the selected object.  That way, you can for
instance add new corners to lines at the point where you want them, even if
that is closer to another object.  

-Lars

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