RE: New start up splash screen annoyance...

["Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> >>> The doc everywhere uses `mouse-1' etc.,
> >>
> >> That is indeed a problem! It should be consistent across the board.
> >
> > And the problem is? "Everywhere uses" means that it _is_
> > consistent. Emacs has internal consistency in this regard.
>
> You misunderstood me. The problem is that using something like "left
> click" in a single tooltip is inconsistent with the documentation.
> And I believe that is what you alluded to in the first place. That's
> what I acknowledged.

Sorry for misunderstanding. I didn't realize that some tooltip mentioned
"left click". Yes, to be consistent it would say "click `mouse-1'".
(Complete consistency is not the only goal, of course.)

> About jumping to *Messages*:
>
> > I don't have a strong opinion about that. But I don't see the
> > objection to a single-click in an environment where a
> > single-click is not otherwise useful.
>
> I often find myself clicking on the echo area by accident. Perhaps
> that has to do with the fact that when the minibuffer is active, a
> click there will put the focus there. But if I'm the only one who
> makes that mistake, never mind.

You're not the only one. I've said the same thing. I too am not crazy about
the new behavior of bringing up *Messages*. In fact, I find that it causes
me more effort in the long run (especially since I use frames), since I then
have to close the *Messages* window/frame.

I understand why the new behavior was added, and that was especially because
of some such "accidents", in particular, mistaken attempts to select
echo-area output. Double-clicking will not help here however, IMO. I
personally prefer the old behavior (just an error message), but on n'arrete
pas le progres...