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24.1.50; Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word, but also paste text

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From: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.1.50;
	Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word, but also paste text
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:02:11 -0300

This is a minor (but annoying) bug.
In order to correct a mispelled word in Flyspell-mode one must click
with the middle-mouse button. Starting with emacs 24, the middle-click
fixes the word but also pastes some text that was copied before. :(


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In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)
 of 2012-04-23 on charichuelo, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 2:20120423-1~ppa1~precise1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11103000
Configured using:
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 '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes'
 '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.1.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.1.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp'
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 -Wl,--as-needed -znocombreloc' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $LC_CTYPE: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MONETARY: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: pt_BR.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: LaTeX/MP

Minor modes in effect:
  flyspell-mode: t
  reftex-mode: t
  LaTeX-math-mode: t
  TeX-PDF-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
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  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Message #8 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: 24.1.50;
	Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word, but also paste text
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:34:50 +0800

Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This is a minor (but annoying) bug.
> In order to correct a mispelled word in Flyspell-mode one must click
> with the middle-mouse button. Starting with emacs 24, the middle-click
> fixes the word but also pastes some text that was copied before. :(

> In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)
>  of 2012-04-23 on charichuelo, modified by Debian

I can't reproduce it either on current trunk (24.1.50) or the emacs-24
branch (24.0.95), (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.2.0).  Do
you see this bug happening with emacs -Q?

Message #11 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: 24.1.50; Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word,
	but also paste text
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:59:47 -0300

Yes. :(

I followed these steps:

1. run `emacs -Q /tmp/non-existent-file.tex`;
2. wrote some text;
3. copied it (with alt+w);
4. run M-x flyspell-mode;
5. middle click in a misspelled word;
6. right click on one of the suggestions presented by the spell checker;

The expected result: the word should be replaced with the suggestion
chose from the list
Actual result: the corrected word, with the copied text in the middle
of the word (the text is pasted in the middle of the word, on the
point where I clicked with the middle button of the mouse).


Thanks for your time,
Daniel

2012/4/26 Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>:
> Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This is a minor (but annoying) bug.
>> In order to correct a mispelled word in Flyspell-mode one must click
>> with the middle-mouse button. Starting with emacs 24, the middle-click
>> fixes the word but also pastes some text that was copied before. :(
>
>> In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)
>>  of 2012-04-23 on charichuelo, modified by Debian
>
> I can't reproduce it either on current trunk (24.1.50) or the emacs-24
> branch (24.0.95), (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.2.0).  Do
> you see this bug happening with emacs -Q?

Message #14 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
Cc: cyd <at> gnu.org, 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: 24.1.50;
	Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word, but also paste text
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:29:25 +0300

> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:59:47 -0300
> From: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Yes. :(
> 
> I followed these steps:
> 
> 1. run `emacs -Q /tmp/non-existent-file.tex`;
> 2. wrote some text;
> 3. copied it (with alt+w);
> 4. run M-x flyspell-mode;
> 5. middle click in a misspelled word;
> 6. right click on one of the suggestions presented by the spell checker;
> 
> The expected result: the word should be replaced with the suggestion
> chose from the list
> Actual result: the corrected word, with the copied text in the middle
> of the word (the text is pasted in the middle of the word, on the
> point where I clicked with the middle button of the mouse).

What does "C-h l" show after all this?

Also, is the copied text pasted if you click the left button on the
suggestion presented by the speller, instead of the right button?

Message #17 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: emacs user <user.emacs <at> gmail.com>
To: gnu.emacs.bug <at> googlegroups.com
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>, 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: 24.1.50; Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word,
	but also paste text
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:59:39 -0700 (PDT)

On Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:59:47 PM UTC-4, Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro wrote:
> Yes. :(
> 
> I followed these steps:
> 
> 1. run `emacs -Q /tmp/non-existent-file.tex`;
> 2. wrote some text;
> 3. copied it (with alt+w);
> 4. run M-x flyspell-mode;
> 5. middle click in a misspelled word;
> 6. right click on one of the suggestions presented by the spell checker;
> 
> The expected result: the word should be replaced with the suggestion
> chose from the list
> Actual result: the corrected word, with the copied text in the middle
> of the word (the text is pasted in the middle of the word, on the
> point where I clicked with the middle button of the mouse).
> 
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> Daniel
> 
> 2012/4/26 Chong Yidong 
> > Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro  writes:
> >
> >> This is a minor (but annoying) bug.
> >> In order to correct a mispelled word in Flyspell-mode one must click
> >> with the middle-mouse button. Starting with emacs 24, the middle-click
> >> fixes the word but also pastes some text that was copied before. :(
> >
> >> In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)
> >>  of 2012-04-23 on charichuelo, modified by Debian
> >
> > I can't reproduce it either on current trunk (24.1.50) or the emacs-24
> > branch (24.0.95), (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.2.0).  Do
> > you see this bug happening with emacs -Q?

thanks for reporting this.  I have been seeing this bug for a long time now on the latest emacs from trunk, and also reported it, with a hopefully reproducible procedure starting with 
emacs -Q, please see
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2011-10/msg00552.html
I'd be happy to test solutions or provide more info.
cheers, E

Message #22 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Agustin Martin <agustin.martin <at> hispalinux.es>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: 24.1.50; Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word,
	but also paste text
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:30 +0200

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 07:59:39PM -0700, emacs user wrote:
> On Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:59:47 PM UTC-4, Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro wrote:
> > Yes. :(
> > 
> > I followed these steps:
> > 
> > 1. run `emacs -Q /tmp/non-existent-file.tex`;
> > 2. wrote some text;
> > 3. copied it (with alt+w);
> > 4. run M-x flyspell-mode;
> > 5. middle click in a misspelled word;
> > 6. right click on one of the suggestions presented by the spell checker;
> > 
> > The expected result: the word should be replaced with the suggestion
> > chose from the list
> > Actual result: the corrected word, with the copied text in the middle
> > of the word (the text is pasted in the middle of the word, on the
> > point where I clicked with the middle button of the mouse).
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for your time,
> > Daniel
> > 
> > 2012/4/26 Chong Yidong 
> > > Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro  writes:
> > >
> > >> This is a minor (but annoying) bug.
> > >> In order to correct a mispelled word in Flyspell-mode one must click
> > >> with the middle-mouse button. Starting with emacs 24, the middle-click
> > >> fixes the word but also pastes some text that was copied before. :(
> > >
> > >> In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)
> > >>  of 2012-04-23 on charichuelo, modified by Debian
> > >
> > > I can't reproduce it either on current trunk (24.1.50) or the emacs-24
> > > branch (24.0.95), (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.2.0).  Do
> > > you see this bug happening with emacs -Q?
> 
> thanks for reporting this.  I have been seeing this bug for a long time now on the latest emacs from trunk, and also reported it, with a hopefully reproducible procedure starting with 
> emacs -Q, please see
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2011-10/msg00552.html
> I'd be happy to test solutions or provide more info.

Cannot reproduce here following your steps with -Q

GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)
 of 2012-04-23 on zelenka, modified by Debian

-- 
Agustin

Message #25 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: cyd <at> gnu.org, 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: 24.1.50; Middle click on flyspell-mode fixes a word,
	but also paste text
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 15:07:04 -0300

2012/4/27 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
>> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:59:47 -0300
>> From: Daniel de Angelis Cordeiro <dcordeiro <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> Yes. :(
>>
>> I followed these steps:
>>
>> 1. run `emacs -Q /tmp/non-existent-file.tex`;
>> 2. wrote some text;
>> 3. copied it (with alt+w);
>> 4. run M-x flyspell-mode;
>> 5. middle click in a misspelled word;
>> 6. right click on one of the suggestions presented by the spell checker;
>>
>> The expected result: the word should be replaced with the suggestion
>> chose from the list
>> Actual result: the corrected word, with the copied text in the middle
>> of the word (the text is pasted in the middle of the word, on the
>> point where I clicked with the middle button of the mouse).
>
> What does "C-h l" show after all this?
>
> Also, is the copied text pasted if you click the left button on the
> suggestion presented by the speller, instead of the right button?

Sorry, it's the left button that I use to select the suggestion
presented by the speller, not the right.

In a simple example session, C-h l shows this:

<help-echo> M-x f l y s p <tab> m o <tab> <return>
M-x i s p <tab> - c <tab> h a <tab> <return> e n g
l <tab> <return> T e s t i n g SPC 1 , SPC 2 , SPC
3 . . . C-SPC <home> M-w <home> <right> <right> <right>
s s <right> <right> <left> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo>
C-h l

Message #28 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Edmund Christian Herenz <cherenz <at> aip.de>
To: 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Also affected by this Bug
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:55:03 +0200

I am also affected by this bug.

I wonder if it could be related to the window manager or input device
people are using. I cannot reporduce this bug on my desktop machine
(running KDE 4.6), but my Lenove Laptop with Synaptics Touchpad and
running KDE 4.10 shows this bug. 

I now also tried using another windomanger (IceWM) on my laptop, but
the the bug still exists. So appearantly the WM can not be blamed.

Maybe it is the way the middle-click is handeled by X?





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Message #31 received at 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Edmund Christian Herenz <cherenz <at> aip.de>
Cc: 11355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11355: Also affected by this Bug
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 17:45:51 -0400

> I am also affected by this bug.
> I wonder if it could be related to the window manager or input device
> people are using. I cannot reporduce this bug on my desktop machine
> (running KDE 4.6), but my Lenove Laptop with Synaptics Touchpad and
> running KDE 4.10 shows this bug.

Are the two Emacs binaries identical (same version, same tookit, ...)?

In the past this has been a problem linked to the toolkit in use
(e.g. Gtk vs lucid).  Usually the problem goes as follows:
- the down-mouse-2 even causes Emacs to call the toolkit to pop up the menu.
- the up-mouse-2 even should be eaten by the toolkit, but for some
  reason isn't.
- when the toolkit returns, the up-mouse-2 event is then handled by
  Emacs in the usual way.
- To prevent this "left over" up-mouse-2 event from causing a `yank',
  flyspell adds a binding from mouse-2 to `undefined' on the
  highlighted words.  But I guess after selecting an entry in the menu,
  the "word button" is removed, so this binding is not in effect any
  more when we return from the menu.
  
Can you reproduce it with "emacs -Q" (and does the same recipe lead to
different result on the other machine).


        Stefan

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