GNU bug report logs - #5809
23.1.94; cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position

Previous Next

Full log

Message #146 received at 5809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
	"'Juri Linkov'" <juri <at> jurta.org>, "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 5809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#5809: 23.1.94;
	cross-reference by anchor yields in accurate position
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:46:01 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

I hope you will take a minute to try the patch.

> Another possible change: Put `Info-scroll-up'/`down' on 
> mouse-1/mouse-3 for the current node name (similar to what
> is the case now).

I did that. Attached is a better patch:

. mouse-2: the breadcrumbs menu
. mouse-1/3: Info-scroll-* for the current node
             go-to-clicked-node for ancestor nodes

And it does the usual mouseover highlighting on a node name to show it is
mouse-active (which I had forgotten in the previous patch).

----

Better yet would be the following (I did not do this in the patch): Swap mouse-2
and mouse-3, and swap the scroll directions.

For the current node:
. mouse-1: Info-mouse-scroll-down
. mouse-2: Info-mouse-scroll-up
. mouse-3: breadcrumbs menu

For ancestor nodes:
. mouse-1: go to clicked node
. mouse-2: go to clicked node
. mouse-3: breadcrumbs menu

That would be better for these reasons:

1. mouse-1 and mouse-2 both go to the clicked ancestor node, just as they both
follow links (by default).

2. mouse-1 is to the left of mouse-2, so mouse-1 should move left and mouse-2
right. It is perverse to cross these directions. See bug #5841.

3. mouse-3 as a menu is very common outside Emacs and not unexpected for lots of
users. mouse-2 (in Emacs and outside it) is rarely used for a menu.

[info-2010-04-06.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.