excuse me for the FAQ

excuse me for the FAQ

[Pasquale di Gaetano]

I've just installed EMACS 21.3.1 under WINDOWS XP and want to change the
mouse configuration: now the middle button acts like "paste" command, and i
usually click on it, not on purpose, therefore I paste a text on my MS
document even though that was not my intention.. You may understand that
this is a problem, especially when i write source code.
How can i disable the middle button? Not the wheel, only the button..

Thank you!

Re: excuse me for the FAQ

[David Kastrup]

"Pasquale di Gaetano" <fattimiei@yahoo.com> writes:

> I've just installed EMACS 21.3.1 under WINDOWS XP and want to change the
> mouse configuration: now the middle button acts like "paste" command, and i
> usually click on it, not on purpose, therefore I paste a text on my MS
> document even though that was not my intention.. You may understand that
> this is a problem, especially when i write source code.
> How can i disable the middle button? Not the wheel, only the button..

You know it is a frequently asked question.  So why don't you do a
Google Groups search with keywords "Emacs disable paste"?  Plenty of
information.

Personally, I'd recommend disabling the middle button with cardboard
if you have a nervous disorder like that.  Beats disabling it
manually for every application.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: excuse me for the FAQ

[Pasquale di Gaetano]

"David Kastrup"

> You know it is a frequently asked question.  So why don't you do a
> Google Groups search with keywords "Emacs disable paste"?  Plenty of
> information.

If i've written here, obviously, i've found no lot of help on web.
Anyway thank you for the suggest
(no nervous disorder, only low-cost mouse)

Re: excuse me for the FAQ

[David Kastrup]

"Pasquale di Gaetano" <fattimiei@yahoo.com> writes:

> "David Kastrup"
> 
> > You know it is a frequently asked question.  So why don't you do a
> > Google Groups search with keywords "Emacs disable paste"?  Plenty of
> > information.
> 
> If i've written here, obviously, i've found no lot of help on web.
> Anyway thank you for the suggest
> (no nervous disorder, only low-cost mouse)

Under the first five hits in Google Groups with the given keywords I
find one thread for disabling the mouse paste for XEmacs, and one for
Emacs.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: excuse me for the FAQ

[Pasquale di Gaetano]

"David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:x5r878qu5n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz...
> "Pasquale di Gaetano" <fattimiei@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > "David Kastrup"
> >
> > > You know it is a frequently asked question.  So why don't you do a
> > > Google Groups search with keywords "Emacs disable paste"?  Plenty of
> > > information.
> >
> > If i've written here, obviously, i've found no lot of help on web.
> > Anyway thank you for the suggest
> > (no nervous disorder, only low-cost mouse)
>
> Under the first five hits in Google Groups with the given keywords I
> find one thread for disabling the mouse paste for XEmacs, and one for
> Emacs.

Ok, but you know that to find something using a search engine you've to use
the right query.
I've tried a lot using "configure emacs mouse" et similia, but with no good
answer, so i've written here.

Anyway, now i've solved the problem.

Re: excuse me for the FAQ

[David Kastrup]

"Pasquale di Gaetano" <fattimiei@yahoo.com> writes:

> "David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:x5r878qu5n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz...
> > "Pasquale di Gaetano" <fattimiei@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > > "David Kastrup"
> > >
> > > > You know it is a frequently asked question.  So why don't you
> > > > do a Google Groups search with keywords "Emacs disable paste"?
> > > > Plenty of information.
> > >
> > > If i've written here, obviously, i've found no lot of help on
> > > web.  Anyway thank you for the suggest (no nervous disorder,
> > > only low-cost mouse)
> >
> > Under the first five hits in Google Groups with the given keywords
> > I find one thread for disabling the mouse paste for XEmacs, and
> > one for Emacs.
> 
> Ok, but you know that to find something using a search engine you've
> to use the right query.  I've tried a lot using "configure emacs
> mouse" et similia, but with no good answer, so i've written here.

If you are trying to use Google for finding out about a specific
problem, it helps to mention your specific problem in the search
terms.  You want to have the relevant entries in the first few hits.

Search terms are usually what you would find in a very elaborate
index, not in the table of contents.  Good search terms have
something to do with the problem at hand, and are unlikely to occur
in texts not concerned about the problem.

Your words are appalingly bad for that purpose.  If you had instead
selected the most important words from your Usenet query, you'd have
had better luck.

If you had just posted here "how do I configure the Emacs mouse?"
without further qualification, you would not have gotten a useful
reply.  Google is no miracle, it can't understand better than humans
what you want.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum