From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>, ndame <ndame@protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:12:18 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=50j8Y3_=HPQSO6Z3uN-HQ-ucX91dEg6G-GqMGFsKUmx9y-g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871roayjlm.fsf@yahoo.com>
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Also, some mice have more than 3 buttons - mine has 5 for example.
On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 at 14:12, Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
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regards,
Tim
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Tim Cross
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Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-25 17:45 Why mouse-1/2/3 ? ndame
2020-04-25 18:19 ` Zach Pearson
2020-04-26 4:09 ` Po Lu
2020-04-27 9:45 ` ndame
2020-04-27 9:53 ` tomas
2020-04-27 11:10 ` Po Lu
2020-04-27 11:12 ` ndame
2020-04-27 11:46 ` Po Lu
2020-04-26 4:08 ` Po Lu
2020-04-26 6:12 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2020-04-26 16:41 ` Drew Adams
2020-04-27 9:30 ` Po Lu
2020-04-27 9:40 ` tomas
2020-04-27 9:47 ` Pip Cet
2020-04-27 15:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-28 0:40 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2020-04-28 15:27 ` Drew Adams
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-04-27 10:37 ndame
2020-04-27 10:40 ` tomas
2020-04-27 12:32 ` Ulrich Mueller
2020-04-28 2:47 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-27 10:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-04-27 10:47 ` ndame
2020-04-27 11:02 ` tomas
2020-04-27 10:53 ` ndame
2020-04-27 11:11 ` Po Lu
2020-04-27 13:29 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-04-27 13:14 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-27 13:27 ` ndame
2020-04-27 15:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-27 10:50 ndame
2020-04-27 11:23 ndame
2020-04-27 11:31 ` tomas
2020-04-27 13:36 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-04-27 13:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-27 14:08 ` tomas
2020-04-27 14:26 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-04-27 14:50 ` tomas
2020-04-27 16:00 ` Drew Adams
2020-04-27 19:04 ` chad
2020-04-28 2:51 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-28 3:48 ` Tim Cross
2020-04-27 16:01 ` Drew Adams
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