GNU bug report logs - #13523
24.2.92; [regression] mark-active

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:21:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: confirmed, help

Found in versions 24.2, 24.1, 24.2.92

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 13523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#13523: 24.2.92; [regression] mark-active
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:48:48 -0500

> It then uses track-mouse to watch for further mouse events.
> If at the end, point has not moved and the last event was
> mouse-set-point or mouse-set-region, it deactivates and pops the mark.

It should probably unconditionally deactivate the mark and let the
command of the up event run in the normal way.

> Is the intention that people bind down-mouse-1 as well/instead of
> mouse-1, or that things bound to mouse-1 deactivate mark, or can the
> multi-click detection be changed somehow to avoid this?

It can be changed, but IIRC this might be tricky.  Partly because the
current code is pretty tricky already.


        Stefan
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