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23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 7787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Perry Wagle <wagle <at> mac.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#7787: 23.2; wrong meaning for mouse-2 while in search mode
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:21:34 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:04:04 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> said:

    Lars> Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:
    >> I'm not against reusing an existing option, I just can't
    >> connect the dots between the logic of mouse-yank-at-point
    >> and yanking from anywhere in the buffer.  But if OP would confirm
    >> that customizing mouse-yank-at-point is indeed what is expected
    >> then maybe this would be fine to be able to close this request?
    >> Otherwise, a new user option or even a new command would be fine.

    Lars> I've now made this change in Emacs 29.  If it turns out to be too
    Lars> surprising, or people want more configurability (for instance, they
    Lars> don't want the mouse-yank-at-point action in general, but only in
    Lars> isearch), then we can introduce a new user option.

It makes sense to me from a theoretical and consistency standpoint,
although Iʼm not sure how often it would affect my workflow 🙂. Letʼs
see what the feedback is once people have had a chance to use it.

Robert
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