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: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 38013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38013: [PATCH] Rectangular region selection with mouse
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 12:46:22 -0800 (PST)

> For me mouse-3 is the preferred button to pop up a menu.  I never use
> mouse-3 to extend the selection because I'm not used to switch mouse
> buttons during one and the same action.

(Replying just about this: mouse-3.)

Vanilla Emacs hard-wires the behavior to kill or
delete the region (depending on the value of
`mouse-drag-copy-region').  That action can be
handy, but it's sometimes inappropriate (e.g., in
a read-only buffer).  In any case, it is only one
possible action; there are often other actions on
the selected text that you might want to take.

See `mouse3.el'.  You can use mouse-3 for both
a contextual pop-up menu and for extending the
selection.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Mouse3
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