Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link

[Robert J. Chassell]

When you write new documentation for `mouse-1 click follows link',
please remember to tell people about

    Mouse-1  between the first character of a link and the previous,
    Mouse-3  between the last character of a link and the next,
and Mouse-3  to paste the link

i.e., 
        mouse-set-point
        mouse-save-then-kill
        mouse-yank-at-click

This is long established and useful since it works when a drag tends
to bring in extranous characters.  And copying links is common.

As far as I can see, a problem sometimes occurs when people are
confused by the position of point: with some cursors, novices think it
is `on' a character rather than before it.

In particular, people are occasionally confused by a `box' cursor
shape that looks as if they are putting point `on the character'
rather than between that character and the previous character.

(After you learn what a `box' signifies, it becomes a good text cursor
since it remains visible, but not irritating so long as it does not
blink.  On the other hand, a `bar' does not have the positioning
problem, but is less visible unless it blinks, in which case, it
becomes too visible for many.  Setting a non-blinking bar cursor to
another color fails on a black and white display, so that is not an
option.  As far as I can see, good documentation is the best
solution.)

Thank you.

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