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mouse commands not aware of rectangle regions

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Message #124 received at 31240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Federico Tedin <federicotedin <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com, tkk <at> misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp,
 charles <at> aurox.ch
Subject: Re: bug#31240: 26.1; mouse-save-then-kill does not kill rectangles
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:44:57 +0200

> At the moment, my current proposal is: allow the user to drag the
> rectangle anywhere to the left (on the same line, or on a different
> line), or anywhere else where it would not intersect with itself (I'm
> attaching a new patch that allows this).

Thanks.  The following case looks a bit problematic here.  Suppose my
rectangle in an Elisp buffer is

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

If I now drag it up by one line and four columns to the right (so that
it just does not intersect with itself) I get

;;;;;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;RECT;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

which is somehow counterintuitive.  Any ideas?

Thanks, martin

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