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29.0.50; Scrolling aborts "repunctuate-sentences"

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis <at> me.com>
Cc: 52082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52082: 29.0.50; Scrolling aborts "repunctuate-sentences"
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:31:52 +0200

> From: Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis <at> me.com>
> Cc: 52082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:08:12 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > You should instead do it as you'd do in the middle of a query-replace:
> > either type 'q' or RET to exit the replace loop and do something else,
> > then reinvoke the command; or type 'C-r' to enter recursive-edit,
> > where you can do whatever you want, including scrolling with mouse
> > wheel, then exit recursive-edit with C-M-c to continue fixing the
> > punctuation.
> >
> > Once again, this command invokes query-replace-regexp, so the behavior
> > is that of query-replace-regexp, as documented in the manual.
> 
> Wow! That makes scrolling (with the mouse, not with the keyboard) into rocket science!

It does?

> I searched "(emacs) Query Replace" for "C-v" (scroll-up-command) and found nothing. Then, ignoring /status quo/ for a moment, do you think the current behavior makes sense? I ask because I struggle to find a reason for not allowing the user to scroll with the mouse specifically.

If you are asking for a new feature, which would allow scrolling
during query-replace commands, then maybe it would make sense, I don't
know.  (I personally probably wouldn't use it much, or not at all.)
As long as we agree that this isn't a bug but a feature request, I'm
fine with leaving this wait for a motivated individual to implement
such a feature.

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