GNU bug report logs - #78945
30.1; C-x 4 4 and C-x 5 5 do not work with `dired-mouse-find-file'

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Message #88 received at 78945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 alcor <at> tilde.club
Subject: Re: bug#78945: 30.1; C-x 4 4 and C-x 5 5 do not work with
 `dired-mouse-find-file'
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:58:08 +0300

>> > Does this mean any mouse-click command will cause the next command
>> > also be affected by "C-x 4 4" and friends?
>> 
>> Sometimes, yes.  But only when the mouse-click command did not itself
>> use `display-buffer`.
>
> I wonder how we could document this in user-facing terms, so that
> users would know what to expect from using these prefixes.  Any ideas
> or suggestions?

I already documented this.

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