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Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?
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Po Lu |
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Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ? |
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Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:30:04 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:
>> > Why emacs calls these mouse-1, 2 and 3? Wouldn't it be more user
>> friendly to say
>> > left mouse button, middle mouse button and right mouse button?
>>
>> Mouse-1 is the first button on a mouse from the left.
>> Mouse-2 is the second (scroll wheel) button on a mouse from the left.
>> Mouse-3 is the third, and so on.
>
> Just a nitpick:
>
> Not necessarily. And "and so on" isn't really the case.
>
> `mouse-4' and `mouse-5', for example, can have different
> meanings for different mice. And "and so on" would mean
> that additional buttons were farther and farther to the
> right, which isn't the case, in general.
My bad. I apologize for the mistake.
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, (continued)
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Zach Pearson, 2020/04/25
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Po Lu, 2020/04/26
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, ndame, 2020/04/27
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, tomas, 2020/04/27
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Po Lu, 2020/04/27
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, ndame, 2020/04/27
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Po Lu, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Po Lu, 2020/04/26
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Michael Welsh Duggan, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, ndame, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Andreas Schwab, 2020/04/27