Subject: bug#35353: 26.2; Buffer *xref*: (1) hard-coded mouse-1, (2) major mode name

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:41:18 +0200

Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]> writes:

> The fix is not hard, though. Is the variable more targeted on other
> use cases? Or is it just obscure enough for us not to bother?
>
> The patch looks like this (to be accompanied with an appropriate renaming):

[...]

> -    (define-key map [mouse-1] #'xref-goto-xref)
> -    (define-key map [mouse-2] #'xref--mouse-2)
> +    (define-key map [follow-link] 'mouse-face)
> +    (define-key map [mouse-2] #'xref-goto-xref)
> +    (define-key map [mouse-1] #'xref--mouse-2)

I think that this is basically what most modes that have clickable stuff
do, so I think it might be the right solution for xref, too (even if
xref doesn't have buttons per se).

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