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Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link
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Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 13:50:31 +0000 (UTC) |
When you write new documentation for `mouse-1 click follows link',
please remember to tell people about
Mouse-1 between the first character of a link and the previous,
Mouse-3 between the last character of a link and the next,
and Mouse-3 to paste the link
i.e.,
mouse-set-point
mouse-save-then-kill
mouse-yank-at-click
This is long established and useful since it works when a drag tends
to bring in extranous characters. And copying links is common.
As far as I can see, a problem sometimes occurs when people are
confused by the position of point: with some cursors, novices think it
is `on' a character rather than before it.
In particular, people are occasionally confused by a `box' cursor
shape that looks as if they are putting point `on the character'
rather than between that character and the previous character.
(After you learn what a `box' signifies, it becomes a good text cursor
since it remains visible, but not irritating so long as it does not
blink. On the other hand, a `bar' does not have the positioning
problem, but is less visible unless it blinks, in which case, it
becomes too visible for many. Setting a non-blinking bar cursor to
another color fails on a black and white display, so that is not an
option. As far as I can see, good documentation is the best
solution.)
Thank you.
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Robert J. Chassell
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