GNU bug report logs - #5841
23.1.95; bad mouse bindings for Info mode line node name

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:49:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 5841 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5841: 23.1.95; bad mouse bindings for Info mode line node name
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:26:20 -0400

> When you click the mouse on the current node name in Info, these are the
> bindings:
>
> mouse-1: Info-mouse-scroll-up
> mouse-3: Info-mouse-scroll-down
>
> Those should be reversed. The leftmost of the two buttons used for this
> should move backward. The rightmost should move forward.

No.  There is a reason for this binding: it's much more common to
advance through a document, so mouse-1 is used for it.  (Let's not get
into a long argument over this.)
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