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

[David Kastrup]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

>> >> 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.

Oh yes, there is: the newbie has no clue how he can ever change this
setting again.  It will take quite a lot of learning to undo this
change, a change which he is forced to make.

> It's simply a customizable setting, just as it is today.

But the user is not forced to change the pristine default 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.

"be aware" is quite different from "be forced to make a decision about
it".  So you probably should try another way of realizing your idea.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum