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Re: follow-link in grep buffer
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: follow-link in grep buffer |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:19:30 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> 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. However I might just want to select that window
> to resize it. I could select the window by clicking on the modeline but if I
> click on the wrong part I get a different buffer. All this functionality must
> be daunting for the new user, so I suggest the following:
> 1) Mouse-1 is not used to follow links in the grep or compilation buffers.
> 2) If it has to be used for this purpose, then it only works where the match
> occurs (this must be easy to implement as it already has a different face)
> and the match is also underlined so that it looks like a link.
Based on your example, I'd say another option might be:
- if the click is used to give focus, then don't follow the link.
Stefan "who uses focus-follows-mouse and thus doesn't suffer from
this problem (or suffers from it all the time and thus
doesn't expect such things not to happen)"
- follow-link in grep buffer, Nick Roberts, 2005/02/21
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer, Nick Roberts, 2005/02/21
- RE: follow-link in grep buffer, Drew Adams, 2005/02/21
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer, Kim F. Storm, 2005/02/22
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer, Stefan Monnier, 2005/02/22
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer, Kim F. Storm, 2005/02/22
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer, Kim F. Storm, 2005/02/22
- RE: follow-link in grep buffer, Drew Adams, 2005/02/22
- Re: follow-link in grep buffer, Jason Rumney, 2005/02/21
RE: follow-link in grep buffer, Drew Adams, 2005/02/21