changeset 98941:3f36bcd67163

(Mouse References): Copyedits.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:15:56 +0000
parents d48e1d80a649
children 24d03d4e9afe
files doc/emacs/frames.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi	Mon Oct 20 16:15:34 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi	Mon Oct 20 16:15:56 2008 +0000
@@ -381,13 +381,13 @@
 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(selection)}
 
 @vindex mouse-highlight
-  Some Emacs buffers include @dfn{buttons} which perform some action,
-such as following a reference.  A button is a stretch of text that
-usually stands out in some way; it may be underlined, or a box may be
-drawn around it.  If you move the mouse over a button, the shape of
-the mouse cursor changes and the button lights up (if you change the
-variable @code{mouse-highlight} to @code{nil}, Emacs disables this
-highlighting).
+  Some Emacs buffers include @dfn{buttons}.  A button is a piece of
+text that performs some action when you activate it, such as following
+a reference.  Usually, a button's text is visually highlighted: it is
+underlined, or a box is drawn around it.  If you move the mouse over a
+button, the shape of the mouse cursor changes and the button lights up
+(if you change the variable @code{mouse-highlight} to @code{nil},
+Emacs disables this highlighting).
 
   You can activate a button by moving point to it and typing
 @key{RET}, or by clicking either @kbd{Mouse-1} or @kbd{Mouse-2} on the
@@ -403,12 +403,13 @@
 before releasing it (specifically, for more than 450 milliseconds),
 then Emacs moves point where you clicked instead.  This behavior
 allows you to use the mouse to move point over a button without
-following it.  Dragging, meaning moving the mouse while it is held
-down, has its usual behavior of setting the region.
+following it.  Dragging---moving the mouse while it is held down---has
+its usual behavior of setting the region, even if you drag from or
+onto a button.
 
 @vindex mouse-1-click-in-non-selected-windows
   Normally, clicking @key{Mouse-1} on a button activates the button
-even if it is in an un-selected window.  If you change the variable
+even if it is in a nonselected window.  If you change the variable
 @code{mouse-1-click-in-non-selected-windows} to @code{nil}, clicking
 @key{Mouse-1} on a button in an un-selected window moves point to the
 clicked position and selects that window, without activating the