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bug#41532: Why use the mouse in Emacs?
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#41532: Why use the mouse in Emacs? |
Date: |
Mon, 25 May 2020 11:22:10 -0700 (PDT) |
Lots of us use both keyboard and mouse.
The difference from some other applications,
I think, is that some applications pretty
much _require_ you to use a mouse. There's
often no keyboard shortcut for this or that
operation, and no way to create your own
shortcut in the application.
This seems to be the problem you're reporting:
> the Emacs graphical interface is half broken.
> ... it is difficult to navigate with the mouse
> or to organize its work because the interface
> is not designed this way.
How so? Specifically, what's the problem? In
what way can you not navigate with the mouse?
> The menu, for example, does not open graphical
> windows but usual Emacs windows (minibuffer,
> echo area, Customize...).
OK, good; something concrete. Except ... what
do you mean by "graphical windows"? The examples
you mention are graphical windows, AFAICT.
Do you perhaps mean window-manager windows, i.e.,
what Emacs calls "frames"? If so, customize
`pop-up-frames' to `t', and see if Emacs then
does what you want.
> Finally, I think it is necessary to clarify
> that we use Emacs mainly with the keyboard
> because the interface is designed that way
> otherwise the user will have false expectations.
Is not designed what way? False expectations
of what?