Subject: bug#11233: 24.1.50; Wishlist: dired mouse-2 other window behavior

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:14:17 -0400

>> As mentioned months ago, I'd like to move away from all the
>> foo(|-other-(frame-window)) madness since I suspect that most users
>> only use one of those alternatives.
>> So instead, we should only have `find-file'
> Would this be `dired-find-file'?

For dired, yes, probably.

>> (which the user could customize the use this-window, other-window, or
>> other-frame) and that would be complemented by new prefix commands
>> that cause the next command to use "other-window" or "this-window" or
>> "other-frame".
> Prefix commands when using the mouse?

Yup.
Just like C-u can be used for them.  Clearly, it's not convenient if
it's a frequent occurrence, but for occasional use, that's
perfectly fine.

        Stefan