GNU bug report logs - #7802
24.0.50; Extraneous `mouse-3' event when do `double-mouse-3'

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Message #44 received at 7802 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7802 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Stefan Monnier' <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
	'Jason Rumney' <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#7802: bug #7802: 24.0.50;
	Extraneous `mouse-3' event when do `double-mouse-3'
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:29:58 -0500

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

>> I vaguely recall that we used to try to separate single clicks from
>> double-click, and the resulting user experience was rather poor.  So
>> it should not be the default, but rather anyone who cares about this
>> issue can do as described above.

> Are you sure about your "I vaguely recall"?  I am not aware that we ever, ever
> separated the two like you say.  That's certainly not the case at least as far
> back as Emacs 20.

I think that when mouse-1-click-follows-link was first introduced, the
implementation did pause to check for a double-click binding before
following the link.  That would have been for Emacs 22.

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