From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Zach Pearson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ? Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:19:10 -0500 Message-ID: <97DB3D40-872D-4958-83CE-2FB3AB171E7C@zjp.codes> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-840A2AD7-7977-4202-A4C4-260D4E5C6202 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="105695"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: ndame , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 25 20:28:30 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jSPXR-000ROj-FA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:28:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43322 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSPXQ-0007Xs-FP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38158) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSPWh-0006nk-E0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:27:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSPWa-0003if-Ii for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd1.porkbun.com ([52.10.174.57]:52572) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSPWZ-0003d0-Sl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:27:36 -0400 Original-Received: by fwd1.porkbun.com (Postfix, from userid 497) id 5479541ACA; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.19] (24-124-122-162-dynamic.midco.net [24.124.122.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: zach@zjp.codes) by fwd1.porkbun.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 88892419FC; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:19:12 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (17D50) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.10.174.57; envelope-from=SRS0=FWWg=6J=zjp.codes=zach@porkbun.com; helo=fwd1.porkbun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/04/25 14:19:14 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 52.10.174.57 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:247809 Archived-At: --Apple-Mail-840A2AD7-7977-4202-A4C4-260D4E5C6202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some people use the buttons in reverse order or otherwise don=E2=80=99t have= mice that conform to the standard that wording would expect. I don=E2=80=99= t think it takes too much cognitive overhead to map 1/2/3 to left/right/midd= le for users of those kinds of mice.=20 > On Apr 25, 2020, at 12:45 PM, ndame wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BF > I don't use the mouse in emacs at all, but when browsing info mouse-2 caug= ht my eye. >=20 > Why emacs calls these mouse-1, 2 and 3? Wouldn't it be more user friendly t= o say > left mouse button, middle mouse button and right mouse button? >=20 > I checked what terminology Gnome uses: >=20 > "Press the right mouse button on any local folder" >=20 > https://help.gnome.org/users/shares-admin/stable/tool-getting-started.html= .en_GB --Apple-Mail-840A2AD7-7977-4202-A4C4-260D4E5C6202 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Some people use the button= s in reverse order or otherwise don=E2=80=99t have mice that conform to the s= tandard that wording would expect. I don=E2=80=99t think it takes too much c= ognitive overhead to map 1/2/3 to left/right/middle for users of those kinds= of mice. 

On Apr 2= 5, 2020, at 12:45 PM, ndame <ndame@protonmail.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
I don= 't use the mouse in emacs at all, but when browsing info mouse-2 caught my e= ye.

Why emacs calls these mouse-1, 2 and 3? Wou= ldn't it be more user friendly to say
left mouse button, middl= e mouse button and right mouse button?

I checke= d what terminology Gnome uses:

"P= ress the right mouse button on any local folder"

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