GNU bug report logs - #7787
23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Perry Wagle <wagle <at> mac.com>

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:54:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, moreinfo

Found in versions 26.3, 23.2, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Perry Wagle <wagle <at> mac.com>, 7787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:38:59 +0300

>>> Because you're "typing" down there -- at least that's what it looks like
>>> to the user.
>>
>> But the cursor remains in the buffer.
>
> Technically, yes, but in any way that makes any user interface difference.
>
> Technically, yes, but not in any way that makes any user interface difference.

Is this a Schrödinger's answer? ;-P

Anyway, I see no reasonable way to explain why mouse-yank-at-point
would affect what currently is documented as:

  Clicking ‘mouse-2’ in the echo area appends the current X
  selection to the search string (‘isearch-yank-x-selection’).
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 80 days ago.

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