GNU bug report logs - #11680
flyspell should use mouse-3 instead of mouse-2

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Message #26 received at 11680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, l26wang <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#11680: flyspell should use mouse-3 instead of mouse-2
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 23:10:11 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>> Cc: 11680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  l26wang <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:50:19 +0100
>>
>> > Fine with me, but that button is already bound to
>> > mouse-save-then-kill.  I never use it, but what will those who do say?
>>
>> Since this key binding is only in flyspell-mouse-map, it will only be
>> rebound when the mouse pointer is over a misspelled word.  Note that
>> mouse-2 is normally bound to mouse-yank-primary.
>
> I don't see how this resolves the backward-compatibility issue, sorry.

Sorry for the very late reply here.

The change in behaviour is what it is, but I think that users should be
able to get used to the new behaviour.

In fact, they might even like it more.  I think there is something to be
said about (in this case) aligning ourselves with most other editors or
programs people use: Firefox, LibreOffice, VSCode, etc.

(This goes even for users that don't read NEWS: The words are clearly
highlighted, so it should be intuitive and apparent what is going on (at
least after a while): to invoke mouse-save-then-kill, simply click
slightly to the left or right of the highlighted word.)

> Once again, we are not talking about adding a new feature from
> scratch, we are talking about changing a very old behavior.  So
> whether it's more natural or not is of secondary importance for this
> decision.
>
> I'm okay with making this conditional on some user option, but I
> object to an unconditional change.

That is a good solution, if the default is to enable it.  That would
allow users to easily switch back if they don't like the new behaviour.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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