Re: Dired:: "mouse 1: visit this file in other window"

[Chong Yidong]

<address@hidden> writes:

> In Emacs 22, the existing middle mouse button behavior over
> file/directory names, has been copied to the left mouse button,  that
> is, visiting a file/directory buffer in an "other window".  Although
> this behavior now has redundant bindings, this is not my primary concern.  I 
> am
> finding the new behavior to be quite annoying since, it turns out, I am a 
> heavy
> user of the prior behavior.
>
> Here's why. I often use the left mouse button to move the cursor
> from one buffer window to another and to copy filenames in dired and
> buffer-menu buffers via highlighting with the mouse.  Now, to get
> the former behavior, I have to remember to hold the left mouse
> button down for a while before letting go.  Otherwise, if I just
> click it, in a buffer-menu or dired buffer, for example, that buffer
> might disappear and be replaced by a file buffer or another dired
> buffer.

Try (setq mouse-1-click-follows-link nil)