GNU bug report logs - #1098
mouse-2 in vc-directory on filename

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nick Roberts <nickrob <at> snap.net.nz>

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:20:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 1098 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <at> gnu.org, Nick Roberts <nickrob <at> snap.net.nz>,
        1098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: mouse-2 in vc-directory on filename
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:20:42 -0400

>> In vc-directory, mouse-2 on a toggles the mark.  This is unintuitive
>> and inconsistent with with PCL-CVS and Emacs general use of mouse-2 to
>> link to something else.  It should visit the file at that point in
>> another buffer.

> Does anyone object?

Not PCL-CVS's author.  Mouse-clicks on various parts don't all have
a clear meaning (IIRC PCL-CVS interprets a mouse click on the status
word as toggle-the-mark, which is not necessarily such a hot idea), but
on the file name, I think it's pretty uncontroversial.


        Stefan
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