Re: Mode line changes

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:

  >  >   > That's why I said "where possible".  Mouse-3 is tied up with other menus
  >  >   > on the major and minor modes.  Whereas mouse-3 currently on the line
  >  >   > number mode does nothing so I don't see the point in breaking the
  >  >   > convention when there is no need.
  >  > 
  >  > So you are arguing that for popping a menu one would have to use mouse-1
  >  > for the major-mode, vc-mode, and minor-modes and then when moving one
  >  > entry to the left use mouse-3 for the line-number/column-number menu ? 
  >  > That's completely inconsistent.  Adding a binding to mouse-3 would make
  >  > more sense if that's considered necessary.
  > 
  > I'm saying that the major and minor modes already use mouse-3 for pull down
  > menus and that mouse-3 is generally used elsewhere for pull down menus, but you
  > can twist it if you want.

No twisting involved, I was talking about the major-mode and minor-mode
menus, not some other menus. mouse-3 does not pop any menu for vc-mode.

  > Incidentally vc-mode doesn't say what mouse-2 and mouse-3 do in the tooltip.

Just an oversight.