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Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?

From: Po Lu
Subject: Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:08:37 +0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) 
> Why emacs calls these mouse-1, 2 and 3? Wouldn't it be more user friendly to 
> say
> left mouse button, middle mouse button and right mouse button?

Mouse-1 is the first button on a mouse from the left.
Mouse-2 is the second (scroll wheel) button on a mouse from the left.
Mouse-3 is the third, and so on.
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