GNU bug report logs - #56421
[PATCH] Make mouse-2 respect delete-selection mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 15:00:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>, 56421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#56421: [PATCH] Make mouse-2 respect delete-selection mode
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:04:33 +0800

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

> I agree, so I've applied Visuwesh's patch to Emacs 29.

This should be announced in NEWS as an incompatible editing change,
along with instructions to disable it.

Though IMNSHO, the right solution is to enable `lost-selection-mode' and
to ignore middle-clicks on the region, so this situation cannot happen
in the first place.
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