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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
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 13:10:00 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

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

It doesn't really feel NEWS-worthy to me -- it's a pretty natural DWIM
tweak.

> 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.

Well, if you have `lost-selection-mode' switched on, it's even less
NEWS-worthy.  😀

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