From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7641: use more familiar names for mouse events Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:05:20 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87zks7vs3c.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293467026 23061 80.91.229.12 (27 Dec 2010 16:23:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7641@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 27 17:23:39 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXFr6-00008N-5g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:23:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50061 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXFr1-0002LB-OL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:23:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60617 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXFqw-0002Kv-Vb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXFqv-0003eK-Ua for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:23:18 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44165) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXFqv-0003eG-OV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:23:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXFTR-0003pd-Mt; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:59:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7641 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7641-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7641.129346551614698 (code B ref 7641); Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7641) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Dec 2010 15:58:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXFT1-0003p1-JM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:58:35 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXFSy-0003oo-Rw for 7641@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:58:33 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAL9HGE3O+LP+/2dsb2JhbACkPnS+VIVKBIRljhs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,234,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="86563388" Original-Received: from 206-248-179-254.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.179.254]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 27 Dec 2010 11:05:20 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6736358B89; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:05:20 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Dani Moncayo's message of "Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:51:40 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:59:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42874 Archived-At: >>> I think the general public are more familiar with right-mouse >>> center-mouse left-mouse than these names. >> Except that in Emacs, they could be remapped (e.g., mouse-3 could be a >> simultaneous click on both left and right buttons). If we use left, >> right, and center, the manual could be simply wrong for some >> configurations. > I don't understand this quite well. Simple: mouse-3 is the button which X-windows defines as the button number 3. Depending on your configuration and on the kind of input device you're using, it may be the right mouse button or it could be ... anything else. So it's OK for the manual to say that mouse-1 is usually the left mouse button, but it would be wrong for Emacs and its manual to always use mouse-left in place of mouse-1. Stefan