Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link

[David Kastrup]

Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:

> "Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>     > 5) The delay for mouse-1 to set point
>>
>>     The delay for mouse-1 to set point is completely unintuitive, and no
>>     other application I have ever seen works that way.
>>
>> Sorry, could you please clarify? Is your response related to my message
>> (suggesting to shorten the current default value of the delay) or to the
>> general idea of having a delay, or...?
>
> The general idea of a delay. As I pointed out in my subsequent
> message, it is impossible to use the mouse to set the point in a Gnus,
> grep or similar buffer now if you are using a touchpad or similar
> pointing device that does not allow "holding" a tap.

Double-tap, hold, release.  Same procedure as you do when you intend
to drag a region.  Only that you don't drag.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum