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RE: generate 3) S-mouse-2: follow link in new window


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: generate 3) S-mouse-2: follow link in new window
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:37:12 -0700

> >> but rather force the user to configure things
> >> and make permanent decisions
> > ...
> >> permanently reconfigure the user's Emacs,
> >> taking his choice from him in future.
> > ...
> >> casting this decision in stone   [from your preceding mail]
> >
> > Permanent decisions? Permanently reconfigure? Nothing permanent
> > about it.  Stop your scare tactics, please. By your same logic, such
> > a "permanent decision" is made now by you for the user - before s?he
> > even starts up.
>
> A beginner does not _want_ to make semi-permanent decisions before
> getting acquainted with the system.

>From "permanent" to "semi-permanent" - that's progress. Soon maybe you will
recognize that there's nothing semi-, quasi-, or in even the slightest bit
permanent about it. It's simply a customizable setting, just as it is today.

Help the user be aware of that setting the first time s?he tries to use
mouse-1 for a link - that's the idea.





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