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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: RE: RE: RE: RE: Viewing Info Files - Introduce Top Menu also before end of buffer
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:05:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-d93c2498-8922-4ba5-afc6-d52905516a9c-1602957954976@3c-app-mailcom-bs03> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7fb3de73-3a59-4769-8dd1-3a3b27728237@default>

So the lisp code can detect according to the system or there will be two versions
of the code, or whatever you have done.  I recommend putting a list of the keybindings
so one can easily figure it they interfere with those already set by the user.

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> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 6:37 PM
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: Viewing Info Files - Introduce Top Menu also before end of buffer
>
> > Have tried your suggestion and ended up commenting everything and
> > loading just your code. Scroll up gets me to the First Node I visited,
> > Scroll Down gets me to Last Node I visited.
> 
> Aha.  Sorry for the trouble, and thanks for your report.
> 
> Yes, Info+ made these mouse key-bindings in `Info-mode-map':
> 
> (define-key Info-mode-map [mouse-4] 'Info-history-back)
> (define-key Info-mode-map [mouse-5] 'Info-history-forward)
> 
> But that's not correct for systems that use `mouse-[45]'
> events for mouse-wheel scrolling instead of for buttons
> 4 and 5.
> 
> Please try the latest info+.el version, which removes
> those two bindings for systems like yours.
> ___
> 
> FYI, node `Misc Events' of the Elisp manual tells us:
> 
>  ‘(wheel-up POSITION)’
>  ‘(wheel-down POSITION)’
>   These kinds of event are generated by moving a mouse wheel....
> 
>   This kind of event is generated only on some kinds of systems.
>   On some systems, ‘mouse-4’ and ‘mouse-5’ are used instead.
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ___
> 
> On other systems, such as MS Windows, it's common for
> `mouse-[45]' to be used for browser etc. history Back
> and Forward.  `mouse-4' and `mouse-5' (and `-6' etc.)
> are legitimate mouse buttons, for mice that have more
> than three buttons.  But on some systems those events
> are co-opted, in Emacs at least, to represent mouse
> wheel movement, so they can't be used for history
> navigation.
>



  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-17 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-16 20:37 Viewing Info Files - Introduce Top Menu also before end of buffer Christopher Dimech
2020-10-16 21:11 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-16 21:18   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-16 21:23   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-16 21:46   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-16 21:58     ` Drew Adams
2020-10-16 22:58       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-16 23:08         ` Drew Adams
2020-10-16 23:51           ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-17 16:37             ` Drew Adams
2020-10-17 18:01               ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-17 18:05               ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2020-10-17 18:39                 ` RE: RE: RE: " Drew Adams
2020-10-17 19:03                   ` Christopher Dimech

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