Subject: Re: bug#48409: Text runs away before user can copy it

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 23:53:12 +0300

>> (defvar minibuffer-inactive-mode-map
>>   (let ((map (make-keymap)))
>>     ...
>>     (define-key map [mouse-1] 'view-echo-area-messages)
>>
>> But now clicking mouse-1 reports an error.
>
> It reports an error because it doesn't invoke view-echo-area-messages.
>
> Alan, this minibuffer-inactive-mode-map thing doesn't seem to work
> with mouse clocks, please take a look.

Something strange is going on here:

1. when the shell output displayed in the echo area is only 1 line:

  M-! echo -e "line1" RET

then clicking on the echo area displays the *Messages* buffer correctly.

2. But when the output has more lines:

  M-! echo -e "line1\nline2" RET

then clicking on the echo area signals an error:

  mouse-minibuffer-check: Minibuffer window is not active