From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Tobias Bading'" <tbading@web.de>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd@gnu.org>, 11588@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!??
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:23:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DACE48F602F4D59BD15600DA09DD8CA@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02129C61-D438-4F4C-A6F2-0A777840DAB6@web.de>
> Although, isn't this part of the job of a window system?
> Something like: When a mouse button is pressed, only start
> sending mouse-move events after the mouse has travelled at
> least a small distance? Otherwise every click on an icon with
> a non-100% steady hand would be interpreted as a request to
> move the icon. Oh my, GUI stuff is complicated ;-).
The window mgr doesn't know what Emacs defines as a drag, and it has no notion
of setting point. Emacs should define the behavior for itself. The Emacs mouse
is a bit special all 'round - much of how it behaves is particular to Emacs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-30 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-30 13:58 bug#11588: 24.0.97; Left mouse click setting the mark every time?!?? Tobias Bading
2012-05-30 14:15 ` Chong Yidong
2012-05-30 15:30 ` Tobias Bading
2012-05-30 15:45 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-30 16:33 ` Chong Yidong
2012-05-30 16:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-30 16:51 ` Tobias Bading
2012-05-30 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-30 17:26 ` Tobias Bading
2012-05-30 17:41 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-30 18:10 ` Tobias Bading
2012-05-30 18:23 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-05-30 18:52 ` Tobias Bading
2012-05-30 20:15 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.1963.1338398856.855.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-24 7:51 ` dove.young
2012-06-24 16:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-30 16:44 ` Tobias Bading
2012-06-13 15:29 ` Chong Yidong
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