From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: (emacs)Antinews Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:08:08 +1300 Message-ID: <17366.53112.437328.872747@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <200601250009.k0P099P25542@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138152437 5305 80.91.229.2 (25 Jan 2006 01:27:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:27:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 25 02:27:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1ZRF-0007AW-JO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:27:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1ZQu-0003pa-Ga for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:26:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F1ZF6-0006dx-Oj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:14:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F1ZEY-0006AV-0i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:14:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1ZCS-0004vM-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:11:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F1Z9k-0006DL-P8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:09:05 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p229-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.229]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE5273993D; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:08:57 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id DBB378884; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:08:09 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200601250009.k0P099P25542@raven.dms.auburn.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49505 Archived-At: > What is the meaning of the following paragraph in `(emacs)Antinews'? > In as far as I know, Emacs does still not (by default) respond to the > described clicks in an xterm. Was this paragraph added in the short > period that xterm-mouse-mode was enabled by default? Yes, I think so. > I propose to > remove the paragraph. > > * On an xterm, Emacs provides a more convincing simulation of a > text terminal by not responding to mouse-clicks on the mode-line, > header-line, or display margin. You pushed to disable this feature, now you're trying to remove references to it. There seems little point in adding features if its hard for users to find out about them. How about: * On an xterm, Emacs provides a more convincing simulation of a text terminal by being unable to respond to mouse-clicks on the mode-line, header-line, or display margin. Nick