Re: pasting into X11 applications from Aqua apps

• Subject: Re: pasting into X11 applications from Aqua apps
• From: "Mark E. Perkins" <email@hidden>
• Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:00:00 -0400
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On 2007/08/10 14:57, Michael Reilly wrote:
> 
> 
> Mark E. Perkins wrote:
>> If by "frontmost window" you really mean the window with focus, then
>> OK.  But
>> if one is using focus-follows-mouse, and the window with focus is not
>> also
>> frontmost, then pasting into the frontmost window violates POLA in a
>> rather
> I have no idea what POLA is 

POLA = Principle of Least Astonishment, sometimes POLS for Principle of Least
Surprise.

> but the window with focus does not have to
> be in front and often it is useful to paste into a window which is not
> in front. 

This is precisely my point.  I maintain that the user will _typically_ want to
paste into the window that has focus (which may be frontmost, but may not) and
will be somewhat astonished if the paste occurs somewhere else.

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