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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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, 38013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:57:51 +0100

> Regarding a mouse binding for the rectangular region selection,
> maybe 'C-M-down-mouse-1' still would be a good choice after all,
> while 'C-down-mouse-1' should be reserved for the more general
> non-contiguous region selection.
>
> Another variant is not to bind 'C-M-down-mouse-1', but use just
> 'mouse-1' after the rectangle selection mode is activated by its
> current key sequence 'C-x RET'.

We probably should provide both in a customizable way.  I already lack
the ability to reliably move the mouse cursor between characters, so I
have no preference.

martin
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