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Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?


From: Clément Pit-Claudel
Subject: Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:29:39 -0400
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On 27/04/2020 07.11, Po Lu wrote:
> ndame <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Left button, middle button, right button. I know no mainstream tool
>> which calls the left button mouse-1, etc
> 
> Emacs is older than the so-called "mainstream tools", and Emacs programs
> and users are used to said terminology.  If it were to change, many
> packages would break, and many users habits would have to break too.

What packages would break, exactly?
I haven't seen anyone suggest a breaking change.
Besides, Emacs users are also used to the mouse-left / mouse-right terminology, 
since most of them use more than just Emacs.




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