From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Schroeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:20:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87hdmlw7j0.fsf@confusibombus.emacswiki.org> References: <200410292354.i9TNsCq01994@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200410310034.i9V0YX903876@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103278965 11904 80.91.229.6 (17 Dec 2004 10:22:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:22:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 17 11:22:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CfFFu-0001Ui-00 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:22:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CfFQC-0003YL-Aa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:33:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CfFPW-0003Wh-EI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:32:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CfFPT-0003Vf-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:32:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CfFPT-0003VV-24 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:32:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.2.95.247] (helo=smtp.hispeed.ch) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CfFEz-0006EO-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:21:41 -0500 Original-Received: from confusibombus.emacswiki.org.emacswiki.org (80-218-6-247.dclient.hispeed.ch [80.218.6.247]) by smtp.hispeed.ch (8.12.6/8.12.6/tornado-1.0) with ESMTP id iBHALdfm021733; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:21:39 +0100 Original-To: Kevin Rodgers Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAYAAABXAvmHAAACkElEQVR42s1a0bLsIAgzjv// y7kPd9pVKxKVdk6fzux2C4EAwR6QZBpcQEopIf3Fq3a52Lfh0Mjjk99zcWYBwA2ihEen9jVxfAf/ u0+Y2HQwNoVw4Dx34trRV6NSjiLPmfPt77jwiBxB/3PnZ3B2AGxzHnGu0wcBwAIAyQwZGvQhiFcy YLOFQcSB/MS82n3ec37vykNqRFTX9rVWR2U5+pZNIggll0CUOQN9BDdm1LfBmcZxIEqjL6r2JU/D galaB7Zg4jlY2ulnIx9OR4iMRl38CAFyKaA8jAxE7lNn650VKMULZ/54crqn0YQCJGQliebXkFIK hwqmGm28cgsSjz/hzRCMneQEwMjVoH3gWTtMPgIslJUV5uIluvUEkyzU+gUGQO62e9NuSdZCzNOM fDPC87iCqfE9gHinsIrSL16TPBfrYIeHzqKU90a50jCh54EcrgAUFo5ibzvebgr/I66USQ0CspQp IVSoBQK3WswDDIndIraHxoglqOjM1d044PQvu1NY0EHtqQR/XwJ+PeCs0x2dSlApZVw4MPER23PD 7JekoHxrqTRod/2Gx5nhx5dfAJhqPt7tDMIZxNN/7lOIaparPn7ZQ88drlORC2eLWXowxIq4gHTh VN1BSmsHoxYAbPWDTuGQuuecS+aYQUYpfr0YqPQOuuUk5tApK077+2xfOYP+XyWEIwPcE49lvT9N y2+wU2KylGGp4yxlALcm6fSlmgk62yfSsfNunDl5d6W91MBUoZw679YAJoMMkhijuXdFOL+khaL2 s+g3zy4APQuQvSc/BNAYnkl6E8ivYtEHJXa1dihE3zgnKMdNgN8DiIwgA17NykUMvFDQ+LALvXXI BuBLAHv/DvBmc/0HzR03PqXmLcQAAAAASUVORK5CYII= In-Reply-To: (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:08:37 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31232 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31232 Kevin Rodgers writes: > Kim F. Storm wrote: >> "Robert J. Chassell" writes: >>>To me, the use of mouse-1 to follow links is odd, since I mainly use >>>it to set point, and I do that far more often than follow links. >> How often do you set point in a link ? > > I am very frustrated by interfaces that don't let me select (aka copy) > the link text by click-and-drag. Well, it is true that I never need *part* of a link. The usual interfaces (eg. web browsers) make it tricky to *select* a link, however. This is why most of them added a context menu item saying "copy link location" or "copy email address". Maybe we should start considering what kind of things we would want to add to a context menu. Alex. -- .O. http://www.emacswiki.org/alex/ ..O Schroeder's fifth law: OOO Never accept more work than you can handle in one night of hacking.