From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: when to bind *down-mouse* vs *mouse*? Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:45:37 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102535198 26899 80.91.229.6 (8 Dec 2004 19:46:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:46:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Luc Teirlinck , Alex Schroeder Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 20:46:30 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 1Cc7ld-0002jD-00 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:46:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc7vU-0006o9-Th for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:56:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc7vN-0006ny-GR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:56:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc7vM-0006ne-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:56:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc7vM-0006nU-P2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:56:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cc7l7-0004ZQ-Ti for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:45:58 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863938282F4; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:45:57 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976E34AC6A3; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:45:39 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 521B38CA69; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:45:37 -0500 (EST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:06:21 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.403, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.50, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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:30884 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30884 > 3. opening popup menus - bind down-mouse* (to work correctly on problem > platforms, as mentioned above) It's not "(to work correctly on problem platforms)". It's because we actively want to support the possibility of doing press-button move-to-menu-entry release-button in addition to click-button move-to-menu-entry click-button AFAIK, allowing both behaviors is standard in 99% of the toolkits nowadays. Stefan