# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1115495066 0 # Node ID 337108d8074e9822ff7a8be6ef10ae5718b89547 # Parent 37249e74aa980afdc309f42d665a73c5a8251a4a (Mouse References): Clarify `mouse-1-click-follows-link'. Correct index entry. diff -r 37249e74aa98 -r 337108d8074e man/frames.texi --- a/man/frames.texi Sat May 07 16:21:12 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/frames.texi Sat May 07 19:44:26 2005 +0000 @@ -319,16 +319,14 @@ @kbd{Mouse-2} on a completion in the @samp{*Completions*} buffer, you choose that completion. -@vindex mouse-1-click-follows-link However, most applications use @kbd{Mouse-1} to do this sort of thing, so Emacs implements this too. If you click @kbd{Mouse-1} quickly on a reference or button, it follows or activates. If you click slowly, it moves point as usual. Dragging, meaning moving the mouse while it is held down, also has its usual behavior of setting -the region. The variable @code{mouse-1-click-follows-link} controls -whether @kbd{Mouse-1} has this behavior. +the region. -@vindex mouse-1-click-follows-link +@vindex mouse-1-click-in-non-selected-windows Normally, the @kbd{Mouse-1} click behavior is performed on links in any window. The variable @code{mouse-1-click-in-non-selected-windows} controls whether @kbd{Mouse-1} has this behavior even in non-selected @@ -342,6 +340,14 @@ where the mouse already is), never, or only immediately after you move the mouse. +@vindex mouse-1-click-follows-link + In Emacs versions before 22, only @kbd{Mouse-2} follows links and +@kbd{Mouse-1} always sets points. If you prefer this behavior, set +the variable @code{mouse-1-click-follows-link} to @code{nil}. This +variable also lets you choose various other alternatives for following +links with the mouse. Type @kbd{C-h v mouse-1-click-follows-link @key{RET}} +for more details. + @node Menu Mouse Clicks @section Mouse Clicks for Menus