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 ? 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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:247894 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> > 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. > > Just a nitpick: > > Not necessarily. And "and so on" isn't really the case. > > `mouse-4' and `mouse-5', for example, can have different > meanings for different mice. And "and so on" would mean > that additional buttons were farther and farther to the > right, which isn't the case, in general. My bad. I apologize for the mistake.