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Why use the mouse in Emacs?

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Message #11 received at 41532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Vigouroux <ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 41532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41532: Why use the mouse in Emacs?
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 16:58:19 +0200

The user experience is quite different when browsing the Emacs and
LibreOffice menus although they seem similar. The Emacs interface is
mainly text-based partly because there are few graphical widgets.

Nonetheless, this difference is not always clearly perceived. It can be
seen in the following two cases:

1. Menu bar> Tools, Merge, Files... opens a window manager window.
2. Menu bar> Tools, Search Files(Grep)... opens the minibuffer.

Moreover, I think people may also confuse a text-based interface having
a good appearance with a graphical user interface.

The issue may be:

- Better describe or explain how to use the mouse in the interface,

- Fix the menu so as not to mislead the user,

- Rebuild at least partially the Emacs graphical user interface.

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