> Terrible. If I tell that to any new Emacs users, they'll > shake their heads and leave Emacs alone.
> And when you tell them about mouse-1 plus mouse-3 and all the rest? The difference is that you don't need to tell Emacs novices about mouse-1+mouse-3 (which I never ever use in Emacs, BTW, I always use drag-mouse-1 instead). OTOH you do have to explain to them why they can't just "click to place point" and how to work around it. Well, I don't want to belabor this point, but mouse-1+mouse-3 behavior does need introducing, _if_ someone is to use it - people are not likely to _discover_ that behavior. Double-click behavior is something that many people will discover without explanation, IMO. Others may disagree... BTW, I'm a bit surprised that you always drag to select. Do you also not use two mouse-3 clicks to delete the region? That's another handy operation (though not basic or essential) that requires some introduction. Unlike mouse-1+mouse-3, people _are_ likely to discover that on their own, but it might take them a while to understand just what they've done. Using the mouse to follow a link and set point are basic operations that should not require any how-to explanation. Today, we do need to "tell" novices about mouse-2 and links. Tomorrow, we may unfortunately need to "tell" them about other ways to use the mouse to do simple things. We should try to come up with a scheme that leaves the three most basic mouse operations - setting point, defining the region, and following links - without need of an explanation. It doesn't sound like we're quite there yet. Your point is valid, of course, that novices might not need mouse-1+mouse-3. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel