From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mode line changes Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:27:30 -0800 Message-ID: <200803060027.m260RUuM022608@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <18383.1723.48367.507940@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200803052140.m25Leveo005511@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18383.10929.552453.7400@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200803052344.m25NiZBu005661@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18383.13776.783993.199319@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204763365 4918 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2008 00:29:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 06 01:29:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JX3za-00051H-4z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:29:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3z2-00021C-PV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:29:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3yz-0001zg-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:29:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3yy-0001wu-DM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:29:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3yy-0001wi-91 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:29:12 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JX3yx-0008LO-Pr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:29:12 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1205368053.12591@8JP3nBKBt0Euq1MwR+Hpqw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m260RUuM022608; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:27:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <18383.13776.783993.199319@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:07:44 +1300") Original-Lines: 23 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:91451 Archived-At: Nick Roberts 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.