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23.4; Cannot bind a function to a sequence of two mouse keys

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14793 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, regularclockwork <at> gmail.com, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#14793: 23.4; Cannot bind a function to a sequence of two mouse keys
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:26:53 +0300

> From: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 14793 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net,  regularclockwork <at> gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2017 11:53:16 -0600
> 
> > Who said a mouse click could be a prefix key?
> 
> Does the manual state that a mouse click can't be a prefix key?

If you are arguing that the manual is incomplete or inaccurate, I
could agree, but that's a different/separate issue, I'm sure.  Fixing
the docs is easy.

I just asked that question because my reading of the code is that this
is not supported.  Maybe I'm misreading: keyboard.c:read_char is not
for the faint at heart.

> Also, "(emacs) Mouse Buttons" states that "You can put more than one
> mouse button in a key sequence, but it isn’t usual to do so.".
> 
> How would one do this if a mouse click can't be a prefix key?

By making a menu, I presume.

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