From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:12:30 +0100 Message-ID: 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 1103210747 11184 80.91.229.6 (16 Dec 2004 15:25:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 16 16:25:41 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 1CexJ6-0001IY-00 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:12:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CexTM-0005Vp-Bk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:23:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CexT4-0005RO-JX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:23:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CexT3-0005Qb-1s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:23:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CexT2-0005QR-V5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:23:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CexIK-0007IG-Li for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:11:57 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 28035 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2004 15:11:55 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 16 Dec 2004 15:11:55 -0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:24:59 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) 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:31208 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31208 Richard Stallman writes: > Should I install these changes (with proper doc string)? > > Yes, please do. > > For historical reasons, Emacs uses mouse-2 to take action on > clickable text in a buffer, typically to follow a link to a position > in another file or buffer. > > It is not just historical reasons. Mouse-2 fits in better with the > usual Emacs mouse bindings than Mouse-1. We've decided to give higher > priority to compatibility with other programs, at the cost of fitting > in not quite as well. Should I mention that in the manual? > > But what about the Emacs manual? Would a it suffice to put a generic > mentioning like this somewhere (I would add this to NEWS as well): > > I suggest you grep for Mouse-2 and for Mouse-1, and change the places > that need changing. What should I change them to? Should I mention both Mouse-1 and Mouse-2? Should I mention mouse-1-click-follows-link (every time)? Should I mention that a long mouse-1 click still sets point (depending on the setting of mouse-1-click-follows-link)? -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk