From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:30:18 +0100 Message-ID: <868xgjmeph.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <459BB893.9010106@gnu.org> <8764bns96l.fsf@cs.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167895850 30989 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2007 07:30:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 07:30:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 04 08:30:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H2N3m-0002LN-E8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:30:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H2N3l-0006aX-TP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:30:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H2N3a-0006aS-5c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:30:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H2N3Y-0006YN-7r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:30:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H2N3X-0006Y2-V8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.67.228.11] (helo=pc3.berlin.powerweb.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H2N3X-0005vS-EY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (pd95b0fdb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.91.15.219]) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA05434 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:30:25 +0100 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 28354 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2007 07:30:29 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 4 Jan 2007 07:30:29 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 02E0823861; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:30:18 +0100 (CET) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <8764bns96l.fsf@cs.cmu.edu> (Michael Welsh Duggan's message of "Wed\, 03 Jan 2007 23\:33\:06 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:64737 Archived-At: Michael Welsh Duggan writes: > CUA did draw inspiration from Apple's Himan Interface Guidelines. > Interestingly enough. Is "Himan" short for "highway man"? It would explain the single trigger button and the design of point-and-click interfaces. Threatening a computer seems like a natural thing to do. Gratifying. And it also explains how one can often get the computer scared into doing more things by double-clicking. Now what happens if the mouse actually is loaded? -- David Kastrup