From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: follow-link in grep buffer Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:46:04 +0100 Message-ID: References: <16922.19947.785134.975378@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109023871 5278 80.91.229.2 (21 Feb 2005 22:11:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:11:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 21 23:11:11 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3Llh-0001RW-LL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:11:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3M2i-0003RD-Rq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:28:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D3Lyk-0000XG-Rq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:24:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D3Lyk-0000Wy-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:24:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3LyB-000059-4W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:23:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D3LNW-0003ZF-Dm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:46:06 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D3LNV-0007X0-Ro; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:46:06 -0500 Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <16922.19947.785134.975378@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:08:59 +1300") 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33686 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33686 Nick Roberts writes: > I realise that applications like web browsers use mouse-1 to follow > links, so it is a good idea for Emacs to provide some consistency > and it works well with Info pages. However, I am not sure if it is > always appropriate as Emacs users understand that mouse-1 just > generally moves the cursor, while mouse-2 might jump to another > buffer. The grep buffer is an example. If I try to place the cursor > anywhere on a line before the end of a match, the associated file > pops up in another buffer. Press the button for longer. That avoids following the link. How to teach this best is a different question. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum