From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:56:35 +0200 Message-ID: References: <42AEC039.10207@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118750683 11261 80.91.229.2 (14 Jun 2005 12:04:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:04:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 14:04:32 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiA8d-0001vz-0X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:03:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiADc-0000mF-LE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:08:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DiA8g-0006sP-DT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:03:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DiA8Z-0006pO-Bz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:03:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DiA8Y-0006mP-RN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:03:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DiA2q-0000ER-PO; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 07:57:28 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 844CB47FEE4; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:56:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Jason Rumney In-Reply-To: <42AEC039.10207@gnu.org> (Jason Rumney's message of "Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:32:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:38800 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38800 Jason Rumney writes: > No, I complain that it is overused. In custom, the buttons are given a > face to make them look like buttons, so it is expected behaviour. > Info and Help buffers are read-only, and similar to web pages in their > nature, so it is good there. > Gnus, compile and grep buffers are lists. They are not really like > hypertext in that there is no or little text to click on that is not > mouse sensitive. This makes it inconvenient to click to set the mouse > position. IMO, the problem is overly aggressive highlighting in those buffers rather than a problem with mouse-1. > This actually annoys me more in Gnus Summary buffers, where > I want to delete spam from my mailbox without reading it. In my Gnus summary buffers, only the sender name is mouse sensitive, so I have no problems setting the point on a line. Maybe you use some other setup.... > It used to > annoy me a little in grep and compilation buffers, but I seem to have > managed to turn it off there (or it has been disabled). I think that the filename/line-number are mouse sentitive now, or was that just a suggestion for improvement? >>Or do you complain that you cannot use it with a touchpad? >> >>Most touchpads have real buttons that you can use for this purpose >>if you have to. >> >> > I prefer to have the buttons mapped to mouse-2 and mouse-3, since > there is no reason to have a duplicate mouse-1 when tapping the pad > does the trick. That makes sense, yes. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk