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From: "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Fix for `use-region-p' problem   [was: Elisp test for whether `mouse-1' is pressed?]
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:58:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211109165852.GA28026@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488A66A614DB36D76DD42B0F3929@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>

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On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 04:17:01PM +0000, Drew Adams wrote:
> > Oh, I think I get it now. So I did the following experiment:
> > 
> >   (setq my-timer
> >         (run-with-timer 0 0.05
> >                         (lambda()
> >                           (message "%s  REG=%s"
> >                                    (current-time-string)
> >                                    (use-region-p)))))
> ...
> 
> Cool.  Thanks for trying, and looking into it.
> 
> > Now while the above is running, when I click with mouse-1, REG
> > says "nil" /until/ I move the mouse far enough that the region
> > is at least one char wide: then REG says t. If I go back to the
> > starting point (while keeping mouse-1 down all the time), REG
> > says nil again.
> 
> That's exactly right.  That's the point of the fix.
> 
> I know that you're talking about using that recipe
> _without_ the fix.  And you're right, in what you say.
> 
> But only when option `use-empty-active-region' is nil.

Oh, now I see it, too. Thanks.

In this light, I'd think your fix makes sense.

Cheers
 - t

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      reply	other threads:[~2021-11-09 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-07 23:26 Fix for `use-region-p' problem [was: Elisp test for whether `mouse-1' is pressed?] Drew Adams
2021-11-08  8:28 ` tomas
2021-11-08 18:32   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-11-09 11:29     ` tomas
2021-11-09 16:17       ` Drew Adams
2021-11-09 16:58         ` tomas [this message]

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