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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:247848 Archived-At: > > 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? >=20 > 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.