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[Moses McKnight <moses@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure removing features like this is wise without at least asking the 
/users/ (not just developers) first - and give them a little time to notice and 
respond as well.  I personally use nothing but middle button pan, but I know 
what it is like to be quite used to a feature and then the next stable release 
(of whatever software it is) has removed that feature (especially when there is 
no suitable replacement for it!).

On 06/07/2016 08:33 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Yeah, this is the last call for disagreement, I'm going to push this tomorrow
> if nobody speaks up.
>
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 03:23:45PM +0200, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> > I, for one, support the patch. I see it is not a hot topic with an
> > endless discussion, so perhaps it is safe to commit. I hope this message
> > is a gentle reminder to people who would vote against, if there are any.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Orson
> >
> > On 06/04/2016 09:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > > This is one of the legacy/GAL consistency bits that we discussed a while ago.
> > > Legacy allows middle button pan to be disabled in favor of a middle button
> > > zoom. GAL doesn't. This patch removes "Use middle button to pan" (forcing it
> > > True for existing configs), and removes "Limit panning to scroll size" (forcing
> > > it False for existing configs).
> > >
> > > I don't want to commit this without giving a chance for discussion, but I
> > > really do think we should commit this. Perhaps there are a few users who like
> > > the feature, but I doubt there are many. So far nobody has complained about it
> > > being missing in GAL, and it's a win for both maintainability and interface
> > > simplicity.
> > >
> > > I'm not averse to having this feature, but I don't think it should be
> > > implemented this way. Other tools provide "zoom into selection" as a separate
> > > tool, for example GIMP [1]. I'd support implementing it this way instead, and
> > > can probably do that next if we want. Thoughts?
> > >
> > > [1] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GIMP/Zoom_Tool
> > >
> > >
> > >
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