Subject: bug#28903: 26.0.90; Better `C-h k' help for mouse events

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 23:59:11 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> Click `mouse-1' in the left fringe. While `mouse-1' is depressed, before
> you release it, you can see this in the echo area:
>
>  left-fringe down-mouse-1-
>
> When you release `mouse-1' you get the `C-h k' help:
>
>  <mouse-1> (translated from <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1>) at that spot runs
>  the command mouse-set-point...
>
> The information about the click being in the fringe is lost - not
> presented.  The binding of `mouse-1' is described.  Well, OK, that's the
> key sequence that was bound to a command, so the help info is correct.

This has been fixed in the years since it was reported.  Emacs now says:

<left-fringe> <mouse-1> (translated from <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1>) at that spot is undefined

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