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: finger-pointer curser as default for mouse-face text Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:42:23 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org 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 1098369928 15522 80.91.229.6 (21 Oct 2004 14:45:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman , Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 21 16:45:15 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 1CKeBn-0006K8-00 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:45:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CKeJE-0007Gf-Kg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:52:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CKeID-0006qi-Nr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:51:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CKeI9-0006oN-PD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CKeI9-0006nR-Aq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:51:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CKe92-0002pJ-CE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:42:24 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 26562 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2004 14:42:22 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 21 Oct 2004 14:42:22 -0000 Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:09:34 +0200") 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28700 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28700 David Kastrup writes: > In Gnus, I get buttons displayed like > [attachment image.jpg] > > I can click with the middle button to execute a default operation. > What I do more frequently is click with the left button, then press a > key like "o" to indicate the action. Most (but I don't think all) > actions can be selected with a context menu on the right mouse button, > but that also means that I have to use a mouse-based file dialog, > which is far more inconvenient. It is also much faster for me to type > a single letter than to drag the mouse cursor to the right menu entry. > > If clicking mouse-1 on the button would launch the default action, > this would be far more inconvenient for me. I see the problem. Maybe mouse-2 could set the point ? Anyways, nobody would force you to use the mouse-1-follows-link feature. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk