Quote: with interactive computing, make frequent use of selecting displayed text by pointing [»teitW3_1977]

Quote: selecting text with the mouse is exactly the same as typing it [»teitW3_1977]

Quote: use focus keys to select syntactic units, e.g., the first argument; First, Next, Last, Widen [»pembS1_1987]

Quote: when starting a selection with a mouse, Smalltalk inserts a vertical bar in the nearest intercharacter gap [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: immediately releasing the mouse button selects a gap; used for insertion [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: insert text in Star by making a selection and begin typing [»smitDC4_1982]

Quote: select text in Smalltalk by holding mouse button down while drawing through the text [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: when selecting with a mouse, track the selection on button down, and commit on button up [»sweeRE7_1985]

Quote: select with point and adjust mouse buttons; point selects characters, words, lines while adjust changes a selection

Quote: selecting a word with draw-through takes 2-6 seconds while double clicking takes 1-5 seconds [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: shift selection identifies an underlined source, release shift inserts it; rapid text moves [»teitW3_1985]

Quote: clicking the mouse button twice on a word, selects the word in Smalltalk [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: a Z box argument selects a rectangle of text for an editor command [»woodSR6_1981]

Quote: the right mouse button indicates arguments to a generalized search facility that locates files, file locations, and text [»pikeR1_1994]