GNU bug report logs - #29272
26.0.90; "C-h k C-mouse-3" followed by menu selection asks for more keys

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 29272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: bug#29272: 26.0.90; "C-h k C-mouse-3" followed by menu selection
 asks for more keys
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 10:13:23 +0200

> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:12:39 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 29272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
> 
> > > I hate to say it, but we probably need a user option (or at
> > > least a variable) for this.
> > 
> > We already have it: double-click-time.  This discussion is 
> > about users who customized that to "infinity".
> 
> Well, I don't really want to get into a discussion here,
> but to me, `double-click-time' should apply only to, well,
> double-clicking.  This is not the same thing, IIUC.
> 
> But perhaps I missed something.

May I suggest reading the thread, to avoid missing things?

> What is the proposed `C-h k' behavior for users who have not
> customized `double-click-time' to "infinity"?

To wait that time for a next mouse gesture, before deciding on which
sequence to produce help.

Once  again, please read the discussion, the information is there.

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