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24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Tobias Bading <tbading <at> web.de>
Cc: 11588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 22:15:55 +0800

Tobias Bading <tbading <at> web.de> writes:

> Marking the start of a region with C-SPC and then using a simple mouse
> click to mark the end doesn't work anymore, because clicking anywhere
> seems to set the mark now.  My muscle memory, trained over decades by
> Emacs 23 and its predecessors, doesn't like this change.
>
> Is there a customization option that I've overlooked which prevents
> <down-mouse-1> (or is it <mouse-1>?) from setting the mark?

mouse-1 does not set the mark, but it does deactivate the mark if the
mark was active.  But that is the case in both Emacs 23 and Emacs 24, so
I don't know what you're talking about.

To extend the region, the usual Emacs command is mouse-3 (right click),
which works in both Emacs 23 and Emacs 24.

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