GNU bug report logs - #13643
About symbolic prefix

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 05:46:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 24.2.94

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13643: About symbolic prefix
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:23:12 -0500

> In (info "(elisp) Active Keymaps"):
>    When the key sequence starts with a mouse event (optionally preceded
> by a symbolic prefix), the active keymaps are determined based on the
> position in that event.

> I don't know what the "symbolic prefix" means here (maybe it means
> something like `down-mouse-1'), but I think it doesn't mean the
> `gnus-symbolic-argument' in Gnus.  It is confusing here.

Good question.  Maybe this is referring to the case where the mouse
event is on a side element, in which case the key sequence starts with
`header-line', `mode-line', `left-fringe', ...


        Stefan
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