GNU bug report logs - #24755
25.1; Selection continues with no mouse button pressed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mats Palmgren <matspal <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mats Palmgren <matspal <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 24755 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24755: 25.1; Selection continues with no mouse button pressed
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:22:21 +0200

On 10/26/2016 09:52 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Thanks.  It fixes the original bug, but the resulting behavior is not
> identical to Emacs 24.5, because once you release mouse-1, the
> selected text loses its highlight.

Fwiw, losing the selection in this situation isn't acceptable to me.
I'll certainly stay on emacs < 25 until this is fixed to behave as
it used to.

/Mats
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