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Text runs away before user can copy it

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 48409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#48409: Text runs away before user can copy it
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 16:36:40 +0200

>> But do we really want to show echo area messages even when there is no
>> echo in the first place?
>
> You mean, is view-echo-area-messages really a sensible command to bind to
> mouse-1?  I wasn't actually aware of this facility until Juri (or was it
> Drew?) pointed it out in the bug report.  It's not something I use myself
> (on a Linux tty with gpm-mouse-mode disabled).

I just wouldn't want to have the echo area messages pop up whenever I
accidentally click into an empty minibuffer window.  So far this was no
issue because the mouse code prevented it ...

martin

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