From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Marking with the mouse
Date: 11 Sep 2003 12:31:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbrtrqoay.fsf@noir.iro.umontreal.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ad9cl9ly.fsf@emacswiki.org>
[ I'll assume below that my patch was applied. ]
> I agree with Glenn. But then again, perhaps I did not understand the
> problem. Here is what I often do.
> 1. transient-mark-mode is nil
> 2. I mark a chunk of text using one of the following methods with the
> mouse from time to time:
> a. double click on a word
> b. drag with mouse-1
> c. click with mouse-1 and click with mouse-3
At this point, the region is highlighted and transient-mark-mode
is temporarily turned on.
> 3. I then either
> a. delete (double-click mouse-3)
> b. paste (mouse-2 elsewhere)
> c. click somewhere again using mouse-1 to make sure that the
> position is correct, and then paste (using mouse-2 or C-y).
All three should turn off transient-mark-mode, so after 3 the highlighting
should be gone. If that is not what you're seeing, it's a bug.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-11 16:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-09 14:24 Recent compilation-mode misbehavior David Abrahams
2003-09-09 18:20 ` Karl Eichwalder
2003-09-09 20:38 ` Marking with the mouse Stefan Monnier
2003-09-10 0:14 ` Miles Bader
2003-09-11 13:16 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-10 0:24 ` Glenn Morris
2003-09-10 19:35 ` Alex Schroeder
2003-09-10 23:33 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-09-11 1:30 ` Miles Bader
2003-09-11 16:31 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2003-09-11 13:16 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-11 13:50 ` Glenn Morris
2003-09-11 13:15 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-11 20:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-09-12 21:06 ` Richard Stallman
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