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Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?
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Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions? |
Date: |
Tue, 21 May 2002 15:58:20 +0000 (UTC) |
Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> asked:
Why does emacs use mouse-2 for activating hyperlinks, buttons etc?
Just now I clicked on a URL using my middle mouse button to activate
the Galeon Web browser. The site did not appear. So I marked a
portion of the URL, the site name, using the first mouse button, and
copied that name so I could run ping. I could not do that if mouse-1
were to activate the browser.
... emacs is able to separate the two cases where mouse-1 is
simply clicked and when it is used to mark text.
I do not understand: I click mouse-1 to mark the beginning of a
region, move the mouse cursor, and then click mouse-3 to mark the end
of the region. If the two commands are on the same button, and used
in the same context, how can Emacs distinguish between a click to mark
the beginning of a region and a click to follow a hyperlink?
Proposal: Make mouse-1 do the same as mouse-2 in Info (section links),
When telling people where to find documentation, I often copy Info
links. I write text such as, `go to File: emacs, Node: Mouse Commands'
Incidentally, you cannot copy Info links in a plain vanilla Emacs 21
any more. The new default makes the links be a part of Emacs that you
cannot copy. For me this is a mistake, and I always set the value of
`Info-use-header-line' to nil so I can copy the links.
It looks to me that the proposal, if adopted, would be like this new
default; it would make it harder to copy text, which is to say, the
proposal would lead to more typing, when copying would be easier,
quicker, and more accurate.
--
Robert J. Chassell address@hidden
Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com
- [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Simon Josefsson, 2002/05/20
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Richard Stallman, 2002/05/21
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?,
Robert J. Chassell <=
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Simon Josefsson, 2002/05/21
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Robert J. Chassell, 2002/05/21
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Simon Josefsson, 2002/05/21
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Karl Eichwalder, 2002/05/21
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Miles Bader, 2002/05/21
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/05/22
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Miles Bader, 2002/05/22
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/05/22
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Richard Stallman, 2002/05/23
- Re: [usability] mouse-1 for performing actions?, Karl Eichwalder, 2002/05/24