GNU bug report logs - #38013
[PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:11:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #113 received at 38013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>,
 38013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:57:15 +0100

> I agree.  We need to use the same keys as in other applications:
> `C-down-mouse-1' to select the rectangular region, then move
> its current binding of `mouse-buffer-menu' to the context popup menu
> bound to `<mouse-3>' like on all other applications.

As I tried to explain before: Other applications use 'C-down-mouse-1'
for building non-contiguous regions that do _not_ necessarily form a
rectangle.

martin
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