From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Po Lu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ? Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:08:37 +0800 Message-ID: <871roayjlm.fsf@yahoo.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="75495"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Emacs developers To: ndame Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 26 06:11:43 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jSYdq-000JYC-NX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:11:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51886 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSYdp-0004j7-HY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:11:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42996) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSYcw-00034e-8e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:10:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSYct-0000FO-Sj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:10:45 -0400 Original-Received: from sonic307-37.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([66.163.190.60]:46143) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jSYct-0000Ej-Aj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:10:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1587874241; bh=g45Sm32Qh5i7Mr8gv5DoZCDj2dYzGOeGJjSEhut1Mf0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From:Subject; b=D1ODdUwyouPM6PqSB0gUIjpCiN+SL2YVLiDp1EPsSCHlnD+Ob5ecwF3piErS0yOBRbsJdAxDpHBxX+Pr4qh+chXXcXOhVeXlFfyV6JtgKeHmVi+rUd/efeccAZZTe7IrVHzf/+fRCewVwfjKXRs1sacxv54ERv/Zx9Cria9sMZ+3BFIpXDhNgZ2jecNbnlpLU8LcsQCkEPIwwCXV1faC4E/Q2nyANqaS+mnX6z5X3N4gKoaThiDlhyu8xOdCWrjdOX0JsmipUULpspTO401zp65KJmt+t2Uzy11Sput+U1NnrSGnvnkPqPh2ahQDkSdkQ8bwNKxB1ndQ9R8YTfFRow== X-YMail-OSG: N_6BpMEVRDvd.miR6A7lED5GPdAEx7ojsA-- Original-Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic307.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 04:10:41 +0000 Original-Received: by smtp415.mail.sg3.yahoo.com (VZM Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 78d5626dcf0b1c16ac8ccda24c7370b9; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 04:08:39 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (ndame@protonmail.com's message of "Sat, 25 Apr 2020 17:45:02 +0000") X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.15756 hermes Apache-HttpAsyncClient/4.1.4 (Java/11.0.6) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.163.190.60; envelope-from=luangruo@yahoo.com; helo=sonic307-37.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/04/26 00:10:41 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.1-3.10 X-Received-From: 66.163.190.60 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:247820 Archived-At: > Why emacs calls these mouse-1, 2 and 3? Wouldn't it be more user friendly to say > left mouse button, middle mouse button and right mouse button? Mouse-1 is the first button on a mouse from the left. Mouse-2 is the second (scroll wheel) button on a mouse from the left. Mouse-3 is the third, and so on.