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: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 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: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:38:19 +0200

>> Eli suggested defining a minor mode, as does CUA.
>
> I suggested a minor mode as a way to allow us using the same binding
> as used for another command by default.  I did NOT suggest to have a
> minor mode _instead_ of a binding.

Such minor mode already exists, it's called 'rectangle-mark-mode'
and is enabled by 'C-x SPC'.  It could also have additional bindings
for 'mouse-1' to allow selecting a rectangular region using the mouse.
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