From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:04:01 -0400 Message-ID: <87wtox2g4c.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <8564wi2ag7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <877jgxvidj.fsf@wigwam.deepwood.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118758525 6263 80.91.229.2 (14 Jun 2005 14:15:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:15:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 16:15:23 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiCBB-0006ps-1d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:14:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiCGB-0004IT-NT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:19:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DiC8d-0002a5-7r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:11:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DiC8V-0002Wl-73 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:11:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiC8U-0002Sm-Rx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:11:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.110] (helo=tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DiC2g-0002pv-1X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:05:26 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.48.82.205]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050614140405.IDZK2981.tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:04:05 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 01E67D73F0; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:04:01 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Daniel Brockman In-Reply-To: <877jgxvidj.fsf@wigwam.deepwood.net> (Daniel Brockman's message of "Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:26:16 +0200") 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:38815 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38815 >> The idea of having mouse-1-clock-follows-link activated by default >> is to make it easier for beginners accustomed to web browsers > Not only web browsers: GUI applications in general. In every other > GUI application I can think of, mouse-1 is used for clicking buttons. We're talking about a mouse-1 click on a piece of text. Not on a button, although the text is generally somehow marked to look special, occasionally button-like. >> So maybe turning it on for a handful of cases makes sense. >> And keeping a more intrusive option may also make sense for people >> whose system makes it hard to generate a mouse-2 event. > I believe this includes most PC systems (correct me if I'm wrong). I've never had a problem on recent PCs where the wheel acts as mouse-2. Some people report problems clicking on the wheel, but the only problem I've ever had is that occasionally I turn the wheel as I click it, which makes the click inoperative. But it's never been a problem. Stefan