From: Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>
Subject: Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 03:56:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874qc5y7tn.fsf@wigwam.deepwood.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 17066.8325.936620.610082@farnswood.snap.net.nz
Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:
> I have set mouse-1-click-follows-link to nil in my .emacs for a
> while now. I found it harder to work out when I need to hold down
> mouse-1 that bit longer to not follow a link, than to press mouse-2
> when I did want to follow a link (and this is with a two button
> mouse which emulates mouse-2).
Most mice these days seem to come with two proper buttons and a
clickable scroll wheel. On these devices, you usually need to _click_
the scroll wheel to generate a mouse-2 event. This is often much more
difficult than clicking two ordinary buttons simultaneously.
I currently don't have a mouse, but when I do use one I generally
don't use it for moving around in the buffer a lot. I do tend to use
it to follow links such as URLs and those in Customize buffers.
Besides, most buffers don't have a high link density, so you can
usually just click next to one and then move point into place using
the keyboard. Dragging works as usual in any case.
> I was constantly going places that I didn't want to go and I find
> the old behaviour a lot easier.
I suspect most people who feel like you will instantly realize that
they liked the old behavior better, type C-h n and search for `mouse'.
This will immediately give clues about how to switch back.
On the other hand, many people new to Emacs will not even attempt to
click the scroll wheel to follow a link. (Even given the tooltip.)
After seeing that nothing happens when you click links using mouse-1,
people will conclude that Emacs does not support clickable links.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really think the current
default is the most useful and reasonable, _especially_ to newcomers,
but also to lots of experienced people (myself included).
--
Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-11 1:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-10 23:21 mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-11 1:56 ` Daniel Brockman [this message]
2005-06-11 9:55 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-11 16:21 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Daniel Brockman
2005-06-12 7:51 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-12 19:57 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-13 16:19 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-13 18:51 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-13 20:15 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-13 20:49 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-13 21:50 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Kastrup
2005-06-13 22:07 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-13 22:18 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Kastrup
2005-06-14 2:03 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Miles Bader
2005-06-14 5:53 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Lennart Borgman
2005-06-14 7:03 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-14 20:06 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Lennart Borgman
2005-06-13 22:28 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-14 8:02 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-14 8:37 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-14 12:29 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Mathias Dahl
2005-06-14 12:43 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Kastrup
2005-06-14 12:54 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Mathias Dahl
2005-06-14 13:21 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-14 13:14 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-14 21:58 ` What holds the release (was: mouse-1-click-follows-link) Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-14 22:54 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-15 2:13 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-15 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-15 7:29 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-15 13:06 ` What holds the release Mathias Dahl
2005-06-15 3:12 ` What holds the release (was: mouse-1-click-follows-link) Miles Bader
2005-06-15 7:36 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-15 8:05 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-15 8:23 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-15 15:05 ` Chong Yidong
2005-06-15 16:21 ` What holds the release Stefan Monnier
2005-06-20 3:50 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-16 16:24 ` What holds the release (was: mouse-1-click-follows-link) Richard Stallman
2005-06-20 3:50 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-16 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-16 7:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-15 3:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-15 7:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-15 18:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-15 17:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-16 4:08 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-16 8:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-16 10:48 ` What holds the release David Kastrup
2005-06-16 12:39 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-16 15:22 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-06-16 19:43 ` What holds the release (was: mouse-1-click-follows-link) Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-16 21:08 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-17 4:38 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-14 21:48 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-14 22:20 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juanma Barranquero
2005-06-13 22:47 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Stefan Monnier
2005-06-13 23:29 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-14 1:26 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Daniel Brockman
2005-06-14 14:04 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Stefan Monnier
2005-06-14 2:25 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Abrahams
2005-06-14 6:00 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Lennart Borgman
2005-06-14 18:08 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-14 20:25 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Stefan Monnier
2005-06-14 20:42 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-15 16:26 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-15 20:34 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Daniel Brockman
2005-06-16 4:08 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-14 7:28 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Kim F. Storm
2005-06-14 8:36 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Kastrup
2005-06-13 20:35 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-14 7:27 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Kim F. Storm
2005-06-14 11:32 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-14 11:56 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Kim F. Storm
2005-06-15 14:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-15 14:56 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Kim F. Storm
2005-06-15 15:07 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Lennart Borgman
2005-06-15 16:26 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-16 16:24 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-15 16:45 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-17 12:17 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juri Linkov
2005-06-17 13:08 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-17 18:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-17 22:26 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-18 11:11 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Robert J. Chassell
2005-06-18 13:54 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juri Linkov
2005-06-17 13:34 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-17 18:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-18 13:54 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juri Linkov
2005-06-19 3:51 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-19 13:03 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juri Linkov
2005-06-20 3:50 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-17 12:04 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juri Linkov
2005-06-17 18:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-14 2:02 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Miles Bader
2005-06-14 13:35 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Robert J. Chassell
2005-06-14 15:00 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Daniel Brockman
2005-06-14 19:26 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Robert J. Chassell
2005-06-15 14:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-15 17:27 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Abrahams
2005-06-15 18:56 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Kastrup
2005-06-15 19:06 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Abrahams
2005-06-16 16:23 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-15 14:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-14 19:29 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Lennart Borgman
2005-06-13 22:19 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-13 23:07 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link David Kastrup
2005-06-13 23:30 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Drew Adams
2005-06-11 23:16 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-12 7:56 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Nick Roberts
2005-06-12 19:57 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-06-13 6:06 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Juri Linkov
2005-06-11 23:16 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-06-17 14:42 mouse-1-click-follows-link LENNART BORGMAN
2005-06-17 15:36 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Stefan Monnier
2005-06-17 13:44 mouse-1-click-follows-link LENNART BORGMAN
2005-06-17 13:59 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Jason Rumney
2005-06-17 18:46 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Richard Stallman
2005-01-01 16:43 mouse-1-click-follows-link Piet van Oostrum
2005-01-06 22:11 ` mouse-1-click-follows-link Kim F. Storm
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