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use more familiar left-mouse... names

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7641: closed (use more familiar left-mouse... names)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:55:02 +0000

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: use more familiar left-mouse... names
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:43:03 +0800

I think the general public are more familiar with right-mouse
center-mouse left-mouse than these names.

Maybe the could be made into aliases to show the public.

Maybe it would work no matter if the user has configured the mouse for
right handers or left.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 7641-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7641: use more familiar left-mouse... names
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:00:37 +0200

> From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:43:03 +0800
> Cc: 
> 
> I think the general public are more familiar with right-mouse
> center-mouse left-mouse than these names.

Except that in Emacs, they could be remapped (e.g., mouse-3 could be a
simultaneous click on both left and right buttons).  If we use left,
right, and center, the manual could be simply wrong for some
configurations.

I'm closing the bug report.

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