GNU bug report logs - #51561
29.0.50; overlay keymaps do not respect mouse-1 logic

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 51561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51561: 29.0.50; overlay keymaps do not respect mouse-1 logic
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 03:48:54 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Putting follow-link in a keymap is supposed to make
> mouse-1-click-follows-link do its thing.

No, it isn't.  You have to put this incantation into an overlay for it
to be a link.  Which is slightly logical, I guess?

      (overlay-put o 'follow-link 'mouse-face)
      (overlay-put o 'mouse-face 'highlight)

So there's nothing to fix here, I think.

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