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Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28]
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Juri Linkov |
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Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28] |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:41:11 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> In other apps, the same is achieved by double-click
>> (`mouse-1') on a word, then double-click the same
>> (`mouse-1') on another word while holding down the Shift key.
>
> And that's better why? Having to use both the
> keyboard and the mouse?
So what? There are many mouse commands in Emacs
that require pressing a modifier key.
>> But what if you need first to select a line, then extend
>> the selection to a word? In other apps, triple-click a line,
>> then double-click `mouse-1' on a word while holding down the Shift key.
>> In Emacs, this is impossible.
>
> Granted. But again, both keyboard and mouse.
>
> We could provide a keyboard + mouse combination
> for such use cases if that were a common need.
Isn't this already a common need? For example,
when a user selects a word by double-clicking it,
and then needs to extend the selection to the middle
of another word. Currently impossible in Emacs with mouse-3.
>> Also in other apps Shift+F10 opens the context menu,
>> but why not in Emacs?
>
> That's orthogonal. Nothing prevents also having
> a keyboard key sequence to open a context menu.
> (Presumably the "location" it refers to would
> be point.)
This is still related: since there is no context menu on mouse-3,
there is a need for a keyboard equivalent compatible with other apps.
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], (continued)
- RE: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Drew Adams, 2020/09/15
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Ergus, 2020/09/16
- RE: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Drew Adams, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Richard Stallman, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Ergus, 2020/09/17
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Philip K., 2020/09/17
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Richard Stallman, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28],
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/15
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Juri Linkov, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Dmitry Gutov, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Richard Stallman, 2020/09/16
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Juri Linkov, 2020/09/17
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Ergus, 2020/09/17
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Juri Linkov, 2020/09/18
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/18
- Re: Context menus and mouse-3 [was: Changes for emacs 28], Richard Stallman, 2020/09/19