GNU bug report logs - #374
Info header line does not respect mouse-1-click-follows-link

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:15:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 1565

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 374 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#374: Info header line does not respect	mouse-1-click-follows-link
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:14:25 +0200

Drew Adams wrote:
>>> IMO, the _default_ behavior of mouse-1 should be to not 
>>> follow links.
>> I disagree, I think it is a good default. 
> 
> Yes, we disagree. Forget that I spoke about the default - let's not open that
> discussion again.

Ok.

> The point here is about users being _able_ to have the traditional
> (pre-22)behavior, not about setting the traditional behavior as the default.

Wouldn't that need be much less if the links where underlined or only 
underlined links where followed by mouse-1 (as I wrote in the previous 
comment to your proposal)?
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